ST:TTV318 | "A Crystyl in the Rough"
- Legacy
- Mar 6, 2023
- 1 min read
Updated: Mar 18, 2023
Stardate 95148
After picking up a distress signal from a marooned Starfleet officer, the Valley Forge has been racing for days to reach her before she succumbs to the harsh environment of her temporary home. Now the tension rises as her emergency medication runs dangerously low and the crew fight to reach her in time...
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CrystylLast Saturday at 16:13
The Valley Forge cruises at low warp, finally heading back to base following her last big outing. The general feeling around the ship is of a crew who are content and optimistic, but ready for a welcome bit of downtime. Keelah wanders the bridge, casually catching up with the officers on duty and is currently at a rear console reviewing defensive patrol patterns for the Eon with Jenni
EunhaLast Saturday at 19:40
Eunha walks into and heads to her usually spot next too Silverstie
LTjg Muirgen FInneyLast Saturday at 20:42
Muirgen sits at the helm station, keeping an eye on the sensor readings.
AnnCariseLast Saturday at 21:13
Assistant Chief Lieutenant Erik Thorkildsen currently occupies the engineering station on the bridge, with Kelly directing work in Main Engineering
CrystylLast Saturday at 22:02
Keelah smiles at Jenni's work, "Not bad lieutenant. It's a fine proposal, just see what you can do you to refine the deployment protocol before we get carried away, eh?"
Jenni beams happily, snapping to attention in lieu of a formal salute. She is learning, slowly, "Yes ma'am!" She acknowledges and continues working away.
Keelah wanders around to @@LTjg Muirgen FInney at the front, resting a hand on the back of her chair, "How's things over here?"
LTjg Muirgen FInneyLast Saturday at 22:22
Muirgen shrugs. "Still on course, Captain. Routine warp to base."
?a???eLast Saturday at 22:22
Charlie is also at the front, doing Vulcan Intel stuffs
CrystylLast Saturday at 22:25
Keelah smiles, looking past her to the streaking stars on the viewscreen, "We've not had much opportunity to speak since you took over from Chag. How are you settling in now?"
EunhaLast Saturday at 22:45
nudges Silvestrie and pretends she did nothing
LTjg Muirgen FInneyLast Saturday at 22:45
Muirgen smiles. "I've been doing pretty good. I like it here. I'm glad I got these orders."
CrystylLast Saturday at 22:55
Keelah pats her on the shoulder with a smile, "Glad to hear it, lieutenant. Carry on". She wanders more, chuckling at Silvestrie's side glance to Eunha while finding herself hovering over Erik's station, "How's our latest EPS upgrade holding up?"
EcosseLast Saturday at 23:23
Kiera is stood at her tactical console taping away on it
?a???eLast Sunday at 00:01
"Captain, I am picking up a distress signal,"
EcosseLast Sunday at 00:02
Kiera tenses slightly at the mention of distress signal with a quick glance towards Charlie
CrystylLast Sunday at 00:05
Keelah looks over her shoulder, stepping up to the side of her chair, "Let's hear it, Ensign" she glances around briefly noting the attention gathered from the rest of the bridge
?a???eLast Sunday at 00:12
Presses the play button
"...and Captain Hart's dead too. I didn't see any other escape pods launch before the ship was destroyed, I... I think I may be the only survivor...
My pod was torn open on impact and the rain is pouring in. I'm going to take the transponder and a survival kit with me, but the EV suits were damaged in
the crash, so it looks like I'll be roughing it for a while. This is a class L planet and the atmosphere is barely breathable out there. Repeat: this is
a general distress call; I'm a citizen of the United Federation of Planets and a Starfleet Officer. If you can hear me, please respond! I promise you will be
rewarded for any assistance you can offer, but moreso; you'll be my personal heroes. Our ship was attacked and..."
CrystylLast Sunday at 00:16
she listens intently to the somber message; the distinct voice of a younger female Human by the sounds of it. Her own demeanor shifting as the message loops, "That'll do Ensign" she orders for him to kill the audio. Her gaze drifts around the room briefly as she thinks on their options, eyes settling on Kiera, "Laski, can you get a fix on the signal source?"
?a???eLast Sunday at 00:16
Turns off the audio
EcosseLast Sunday at 00:20
"Wait one Captain...got it, the signal is a few light years away, looks like 4 days at max warp would get us there."
?a???eLast Sunday at 00:24
"I do not place her chances of surviving on a Class L planet for four days to be very high,"
CrystylLast Sunday at 00:25
"4 days..." she hrmph's, "Lieutenant Finney, adjust heading and engage at maximum warp" turning to Charlie, "Ensign, try and get a response through to her." she turns away, "4 days..." shaking her head as she looks to Erik, "Work with Kelly, I don't care what you have to do; we need to trim that time"
?a???eLast Sunday at 00:25
"Yes Captain," he works on trying to tell her that she's not totally screwed
LTjg Muirgen FInneyLast Sunday at 00:32
Nodding, Muirgen lays in a course to the source of the distress signal, engaging at max warp. "I'll do what I can to pump a few more watts out of the warp core on my end, too."
CrystylLast Sunday at 00:33
Keelah smiles towards Muirgen as she steps over again patting her on the shoulder, "That's the spirit lieutenant. Don't worry, we'll get to her" before returning to finally take her seat and stare ahead in contemplation
leans back in her chair, crossing one leg over and steepling her fingers to her pursed lips. Anyone who passed nearby the central station would note the audio playback of the distress signal looping quietly as the Captain listens intently, "We're coming..." she comments at almost a whisper
CrystylLast Sunday at 00:44
FX | Active tasks: Flight, Engineering: increase speed | All others: establish comms link. Active tasks can be split off as you see fit; this is the prime opportunity to leave stations, move around, engage one another with brainstorming etc. Also, this is where we may start seeing people move around the ship as they work on solutions!
?a???eLast Sunday at 00:47
Charlie tries to track down which ships were in the system of the signal
EunhaLast Sunday at 00:51
Eunha contacts Kazra to coordinate medical and counselling relief.
AnnCariseLast Sunday at 02:36
Kelly appears as a hologram on the centre of the main bridge.
"Are we counting maximum speed as Warp 9.96 in eight hour bursts?"
CrystylLast Sunday at 04:34
Looks from holo-Kelly to Muirgen up front
LTjg Muirgen FInneyLast Sunday at 04:54
Muirgen shrugs. "That's the standard. I could probably re-route power so we can do 9.96 in, say, ten to twelve hour bursts." She pulls up a calculator panel on her console to work some numbers. "By adding 4 hours at max warp each day...huh, ok." She taps some figures in. "Assuming Engineering concurs, and assuming we re-direct power to warp...We might be able to increase our cruising warp factor to 7.5, 7.6." She sighs, happy with the results. "I can get us there in two and a half days. I might be able to shave off that half-day, if we pull more power from other systems."
AnnCariseLast Sunday at 04:57
Kelly nods, "That's what I'm thinking. We can have both cores running at maximum capacity and shut off most non-essential systems for the duration of the journey."
CrystylLast Sunday at 04:58
"Do it" Keelah nods to the pair
LTjg Muirgen FInneyLast Sunday at 05:00
Muirgen hmms. "If we aim for arrival in 2.5 days, I suggest we start off at 7.5 for the first 12 hours. That way, when we arrive, our final 12 hour stretch would be at 7.5, so we'd have enough power for...whatever might happen." Nodding at the captain, she carries over the calculations and results to the main console, engaging. "Aye, ma'am. Speeding up to 7.5 warp now."
AnnCariseLast Sunday at 05:03
"Good call. I'll get both cores going at maximum reaction rate and shut off holodecks, some of the lesser-used replicators and other luxuries."
Kelly's hologram disappears. A few moments later, a shipwide announcement sounds from an ops officer, informing everyone of the specific downed systems for the duration of the trip.
LTjg Muirgen FInneyLast Sunday at 05:07
"We could probably spool those systems back up at two hours out, just so we're prepared."
CrystylLast Sunday at 05:07
Keelah clasps her hands together, "Now if we could just get a message back to her so she knew help was on the way..." she turns looking back to her armrest console where the audio distress signal continues to loop quietly
EunhaLast Sunday at 16:52
"Since we have no idea what we're going into Kazra would like permission to turn cargo bay 2 into an emergency triage area if need be Sir."
CrystylLast Sunday at 16:59
"Well as far as we know Eunha, it's just a sole survivor. If there are more, standard facilities should suffice. Best not to get ahead of ourselves, but still have her ready her team to implement triage should we find more"
EunhaLast Sunday at 17:01
"Ah as usual I had not been listening very well."
CrystylLast Sunday at 17:02
Keelah chuckles at that
?a???eLast Sunday at 17:44
Charlie moves to establish communications, having ascertained that there are no nearby ships
CrystylLast Monday at 01:47
Keelah leaves the signal still loopimg quietly from her console and moves over to Charlie, "What news, Ensign?"
?a???eLast Monday at 03:16
"I am attempting to get a signal through now l, Captain. I have been looking at the logs for any ships in the system, but there are none listed," he states whilst working
CrystylLast Monday at 03:40
"What seems to be the problem? Is something interfering, faulty hardware her end...?"
?a???eLast Monday at 11:24
"I am unsure of the situation on her end Captain, but I know that the transfer of power to the engines affected our communications systems briefly."
CrystylLast Monday at 13:42
She hrms, tapping a finger to her lips, "All the same systems show green now" she notes looking to his console, "There has to be something more we can try and do to reach her..."
?a???eLast Monday at 13:58
"My idea was to bounce a signal off a closer ship, but there are no ships in the area,"
CrystylLast Monday at 14:13
She chuckles, "If there were a closer ship, Ensign; they'd be the ones racing to this girls aid, not us" she hrms again, "Have you tried remodulating the carrier wave? I meam; we have the channel as we can hear her, but something is preventing our signal from getting back. If her transpomder was damaged during her crash then it may be there's nothing we can do. But let's asdume for the momemt it is not and try all we can"
?a???eLast Monday at 14:45
"Yes Captain, I will attempt to send a response on a wide spectrum, with a carrier to bounce back of it does not reach the other side,"
CrystylLast Monday at 14:48
"Hello?" A quiet voice speaks from the centre of the bridge
Keelah nods, "Vigilance Ensign; we can't give up. I don't care how far out of the box thinking gets"
?a???eLast Monday at 14:51
"Out of the box?"
CrystylLast Monday at 14:52
She smiles, patting him on the shoulder, "An old Human expression I've come to appreciate through a life in engineering. Think of it as... more obtuse thinking"
?a???eLast Monday at 14:53
"I am aware of the expression. I was repeating it in the hope that an idea might come to me, as it apparently does to others. It has not worked,"
CrystylLast Monday at 14:58
"Of course" she chuckles, "Well keep trying Ensign, maybe check the library even for more obscure ideas not yet considered"
"Hello, can you hear me" the voice quietly repeats
?a???eLast Monday at 15:03
"There is a library of ideas?"
CrystylLast Monday at 15:17
"Well not specifically, Ensign of course. But there is a library of Starfleet records and reports. Surely we aren't the firdt to encounter such a problem, so maybe somewhere in that history is an idea we have not considered?" She smiles
?a???eLast Monday at 15:18
"I will check Captain," he does a search of the Vulcan equivalent to "The Dummies Guide to Communications problems" and goes through the list, skipping the first one which is "turn it off and on again"
CrystylLast Monday at 15:20
"I believe in you Ensign" she smiles, "We'll find a way to reach her yet"
"Um, hello? I can hear you people talking about me... can you hear me?" The voice continues quietly
CastLast Monday at 15:23
Zee walks onto the bridge at the beginning of her shift
?a???eLast Monday at 15:24
"Captain, what if she is receiving our communications, but is unable to access it, or even respond to it?"
CrystylLast Monday at 15:27
"A possibility, Ensign, but we can't let that stop us from trying"
CastLast Monday at 15:29
Zee listens confusedly around the bridge as she walks to her usual spot next to the center chair "Um.. Hello?.."
?a???eLast Monday at 15:30
"Perhaps then, we can send a open, one way signal to her,"
CrystylLast Monday at 15:31
"Hello, you can hear me? Oh thank God! I thought I was going insane for a moment!" the voice chirps enthusiastically
Keelah turns with a quirked brow, thinking for a moment that Zee was trying to talk to the playing distress call and explain it, but pausing at hearing the reaction
CastLast Monday at 15:33
"Well.. I hear you at least.." she says as she wonders why no one else answered
CrystylLast Monday at 15:34
"Then again, Ensign... maybe your last attempt was successful after all..." she smiles and moves to join Zee, speaking quietly to bring her up to speed
"Zee we picked up this girl's distress call and are en route to her. Our previous attempts to respond were unsuccessful, but it seems you have made contact. Go on..." she smiles encouragingly with a gesture to continue
?a???eLast Monday at 15:36
Charlie blinks. Guess turning it off and on again worked
CastLast Monday at 15:39
"I don't know if i did anything special" she says quietly to Kee with a smile before speaking up for the distress call "This is the Federation Starship Valley Forge, we are en route to your location"
CrystylLast Monday at 15:43
*"Starfleet? And you got my signal! Oh thank /God/ you are officially my heroes, I love you! Now please... please hurry I cough I... don't have much left in this hypo..." the voice's optimistic tone fades*
CastLast Monday at 15:52
"We're on our way" Zee turns to the captain "We'd best hurry"
CrystylLast Monday at 16:03
Keelah nods, stepping up to the console on her armrest, "This is Captain Keelah, we are are doimg everything we can to reach you. Your message said you are on an L-class planet, are you certain of this?"
"Quite certain Captain" she coughs again, "And yes, the hypo is my Troix supply. But this medkit was pretty beaten up and most of the cartridges were contaminated. I..." more coughs, "I think I have enough for a couple of days"
Keelah frowns and mutes the comm, looking to Zee and Eunha, "We are least 2.5 days away and that's already optimistically pushing both cores. Eunha, check with Kazra, see what she recommends"
"I... take the silence to meam thats not good news..." the voice hesitantly surmises
"We were several LY away when we picked up your signal. It is... tight, but don't worry, we are doing everything we can to help." She pauses, "What's your name officer?"
"Master Chief Petty Officer Tyr, Captain... Crystyl if you feel less formal" the voice continues to hold a defiantly optimistic tone
Keelah smiles, "Well rest assured Chief; we are coming amd we won't give up on you, you hear? So you can't either. Deal?"
a long silence ensues... "I like you, Captain. Deal!"
A soft chuckle from Keelah at the disposition, "Alright, we'll be in touch as soon as we an update Chief. Jus-..."
Crystyl cuts in, "Please, no! ...Don't leave me alone... I, I've been sat alone in this cave for days now, please... I could use the company..." the true fear behind her sunny disposition seeping through
Keelah ponders a moment
"Alright Chief, we'll keep this channel open and make sure somebody is on with you the whole time" she reassures before muting and looking around the bridge, "You all heard the Chief; any volunteers to go first?"
?a???eLast Monday at 16:32
"Captain, would it be wise to keep the channel open? We could use the power in more efficient ways,"
CrystylLast Monday at 16:34
Erik looks over, "That won't be a problem as the array is active regardless of data useage Ensign"
?a???eLast Monday at 16:37
"Understood," he nods
LTjg Muirgen FInneyLast Monday at 19:07
Muirgen looks over to the Captain. "How soon until our next refit? I may be able to... Bend some regulations, if we've got one coming up..."
CrystylLast Monday at 21:31
Keelah glances to Muir, shaking her head as she is more focused on looking after the open comms for the moment
LTjg Muirgen FInneyLast Monday at 22:20
Muirgen shrugs, turning back. "Worth a shot."
CrystylLast Monday at 22:23
Keelah shrugs lightly herself after failing to coax any other volunteers into taking the first shift with Crystyl, "Well I should probably speak to her first myself anyway" Looking first to T'Quila, "Tee, please patch the channel through to my Ready Room", then to Zee, "You have the bridge" she nods before turning away
She steps towards the Ready Room but pauses and diverts to the front, resting a hand on the back of Muirgen's chair, "I don't mean to dampen your spirits, Lieutenant. But time and place" she smiles, "Also worth remembering that I personally worked this ship up to efficiency out of trials, and Kelly's been refining that work for the last 3 years, so there's not a lot of rules left for us to bend in further refinement!"
Another chuckle as she pats the back of the chair, "As you were, Lieutenant", and heads off to the Ready Room for a long chat with their stranded officer...
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EunhaYesterday at 21:14
Yoona drags Eunha into sick bay "Kazra!"
Eunha: "Honestly Yoona i'm fine we don't need to be here."
EunhaYesterday at 21:29
Yoona: “No you are not. Kazra!!!!”
CrystylYesterday at 21:33
Kazra comes rushing out of her office, "What's going on here?" She looks about, "Yoona?"
EunhaYesterday at 21:51
Yoona: “Well I think Eunha maybe currently in the process of labour.”
CrystylYesterday at 21:53
Kazra looks between the pair, reading Eunha's look, "She would appear to disagree"
EunhaYesterday at 21:55
Eunha: “You know me Kazra I don’t agree with anything.”
CrystylYesterday at 21:57
She moves over to help support Eunha, "Well why don't we just pop you up on the bed here and let me be the judge, shall we?" She smiles, nodding to a nurse to prepare her delivery cart
EunhaYesterday at 21:58
Eunha: “Sure why no-..owww.”
CrystylYesterday at 21:58
"Easy now... there we go..." she encourages, helping Eunha into the bed
EunhaYesterday at 22:01
Eunha hops into bed this is a bit inconvenient for me right now I’m meant to be in an appointment
CrystylYesterday at 22:03
Kazra chuckles, "Well it seems someone has other ideas" she checks Eunha's dilation
CrystylYesterday at 22:21
She hrms before looking back up to Eunha, "Well you are definitely on your way, Eunha. But you've got some time yet, so let's just get you nice and comfortable for now."
EunhaToday at 10:19
And fade to black Eunha is now out of action
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Keelah@crystyll: ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PkDXbPB4UM <-theme song!)
Keelah@crystyll | --/Previously on TTV/--
Keelah@crystyll: The Valley Forge cruises at low warp, finally heading back to base following her last big outing. The general feeling around the ship is of a crew who are content and optimistic
Keelah@crystyll: Charlie: "Captain, I am picking up a distress signal,"
Keelah@crystyll: "...and Captain Hart's dead too. I didn't see any other escape pods launch before the ship was destroyed, I... I think I may be the only survivor...
Keelah@crystyll: My pod was torn open on impact and the rain is pouring in. I'm going to take the transponder and a survival kit with me, but the EV suits were damaged in
Keelah@crystyll: the crash, so it looks like I'll be roughing it for a while. This is a class L planet and the atmosphere is barely breathable out there. Repeat: this is
Keelah@crystyll: a general distress call; I'm a citizen of the United Federation of Planets and a Starfleet Officer. If you can hear me, please respond! I promise you will be
Keelah@crystyll: rewarded for any assistance you can offer, but moreso; you'll be my personal heroes. Our ship was attacked and..."
Keelah@crystyll: Nodding, Muirgen lays in a course to the source of the distress signal, engaging at max warp.
Keelah@crystyll FX | And now after a 4 day race across the sector, VF nears the source of the signal. The crew have been taking shifts talking with the stranded officer to keep her company
Keelah@crystyll | Kazra enters the bridge, reporting to Keelah, "Captain, Eunha won't be making her duty shift today as she has just had the baby" she smiles
Keliaya@anncarise turns, "She did?"
Keelah@crystyll looks back, "Don't tell me you had today in the pool, Kelly?"
Keliaya@anncarise: "Not quuuite as enjoyable. More like today in the Jefferies tubes..."
Keliaya@anncarise: "I'll have to pay Eunha a visit after this is done!"
Keelah@crystyll: "Indeed, but for now we have more important matters to end. What is our eta?"
Keelah@crystyll | Fisher: "We'll reach the system in 10 minutes Captain"
Charlie@drcrippler: <C> Ellie to Charlie! Help me, the girl... she's not responding to me!
Charlie@drcrippler taps his badge. <C> Standby Ensign
Duncan McLean@carebearcrusher continues monitoring his station
Keelah@crystyll peers towards the front, "Ensign?"
Charlie@drcrippler turns to Keelah. "Captain, Ensign Ruby has reported that the Officer has lost conciousness on the planet. She is not responding to comms,"
Keliaya@anncarise glances right, "Lieutenant, we've been cruising at only 7.5 for the last eleven hours. How're our power levels looking?"
Keelah@crystyll looks back to Kazra who gives a solemn nod
Duncan McLean@carebearcrusher checks the warp core readouts
Keelah@crystyll: | Kazra: "We knew we would be cutting it fine, frankly I'm suprised she kept up as long as she did. But we must hurry Captain, if I don't her get into sickbay within the next hour, maybe two..."
Keelah@crystyll nods at hearing all she needs
Charlie@drcrippler: [Ellie] <C> Charlie, what do I do?
Keelah@crystyll: Kazra: Ensign Rivett, inform your colleague there is nothing she can do now"
Charlie@drcrippler: <C> Keep talking Ensign, she may still be there, but unable to speak. Stay calm,
Duncan McLean@carebearcrusher: We are at nominal levels right now, Captain, roughly 85%
Keliaya@anncarise: "That's good. Commander Meel," she glances to Kazra, "Anything on sensors that might indicate danger where we're going?"
Keelah@crystyll looks to engineering corner, "Whatever else you can squeeze for us here Kelly, every minute counts"
Keliaya@anncarise nods, "I think we can afford to increase speed, I know we're supposed to cruise at 7.5 for the last stretch to save power, but we've got more than enough, especially if there's no sign of danger."
Keelah@crystyll: | Kazra: "Checking... nothing on long range. I have a single L-Class planet which matches the stated config"
Keliaya@anncarise: "I suggest increasing to 8.5 or even 9. That should cut most of the travel time we have remaining."
Keelah@crystyll: "Helm, increase to warp 9"
Keliaya@anncarise taps her console, glancing left for a moment, "Lieutenant, keep an eye on those power levels."
Charlie@drcrippler scans for the signal source
Keelah@crystyll | Fisher nods and the VF accelerates, groaning at the strain of a max warp push for the better part of a week now
Duncan McLean@carebearcrusher: "Aye sir"
Duncan McLean@carebearcrusher keeps a close eye on the power levels, making minor adjustments to keep things running efficiently
Charlie@drcrippler frowns and taps to see if there's any Federation wreckage that can be detected
Keliaya@anncarise: "Transporter Room 1 is ready for emergency transportation directly to sickbay. Chief Sullivan has a shuttle on standby in case it's needed."
Rinrana@jwp1fsl: Do we know the name of federation vessel that sent the distress call?
Keelah@crystyll: "We are the only the ship in the region, Commander. We'll be the first to respond"
Rinrana@jwp1fsl: Noted, but to be thisfar into space? That brings up questions.
Keelah@crystyll slooowly turns with a quirked a brow
Charlie@drcrippler: "I've identified what could be the wreckage source Captain, but there is interference with the scanners from the atmosphere. I will attempt to cut through it," he says working
Keliaya@anncarise: "The Federation is an exploration agency as well as a defence force, Commander. I don't see how pushing the frontier is questionable for us."
Duncan McLean@carebearcrusher reroutes some power to scanners
Keliaya@anncarise: "We've been doing it for over 200 years."
Rinrana@jwp1fsl nods a few times before replying. "I mean for the shi-..." Was cut off as soon the helmsman had said his sentence to the Captain.
Keliaya@anncarise: "The ship lost is a Federation starship," she states as she taps away at her console.
Keelah@crystyll FX | VF drops out of warp and approaches the L-Class planet
Keliaya@anncarise: "Chief Oliver is reporting heavy transporter interference in the area, Captain. We may need that shuttle after all."
Keelah@crystyll: ( https://i.imgur.com/vm18wIW.png )
Charlie@drcrippler is a intelligence officer not a helmsman. And apparently a communications officer in his time off
Keelah@crystyll ponders briefly and looks to Kelly, "Have Sullivan prep that shuttle then, and get Jenni out ASAP in Eon to scout the region"
Rinrana@jwp1fsl: If I was to summarize the planet, It's an L-Class. But, you have your Science officer looking into the interference of transporters?
Charlie@drcrippler: "Captain, I am detecting a subspace disturbance that is consistent with a core breach, and there is wreckage nearby. I would assume this is the ship the officer was station on,"
Keelah@crystyll: "Yes, she is working with the transporter chief on it. But we do not have the luxury of time to explore a solution"
Keliaya@anncarise: <C> "Flight Lieutenant Baelai, please prep the Eon for launch ASAP."
Keelah@crystyll: "See if you can confirm an ID on that ship Ensign and commence wider scans for additional survivors"
Charlie@drcrippler nods. "Yes sir," he does that
Keliaya@anncarise glances left, "Lieutenant, see if you can determine how that ship was destroyed from the wreckage."
Keliaya@anncarise: "We don't want to meet the same fate as they did."
Keelah@crystyll looks to the seasoned Rom Commander at her side, "I appreciate your perserverence with this diversion in our journey Commander"
Duncan McLean@carebearcrusher: "Aye sir", begins looking over scan data
Keelah@crystyll: "But tell me now; how are you with hazardous environmental conditions? Any history with search and rescue ops we can make use of here?"
Charlie@drcrippler begins to ID the wreckage, crossreferencing with known ship materials and other... intel... stuff
Duncan McLean@carebearcrusher looks for causes of core breach on scans
Duncan McLean@carebearcrusher: "Sir, I'm reading signs of heavy disruptor damage, they were attacked"
Rinrana@jwp1fsl raises a eyebrow hearing disrupters, looking towards Duncan for a moment.
Keliaya@anncarise: "It's always disruptor damage...unfortunately one of the least telling energy types as just about everyone knows how to make them."
Duncan McLean@carebearcrusher analyzes the damage, looking for patterns that might identify the attacker
Keliaya@anncarise: "Eon is away and heading for the surface for recon."
Rinrana@jwp1fsl: Disrupters? Huh, could either be Klingon, or star empire. But-..
Keelah@crystyll: "Acknowledged Kelly. She looks back that way
Keelah@crystyll: "We can worry about the details after the fact. I need a SAR team prepped and ready to hit the surface"
Keelah@crystyll: "Commander Rinrana, up for a little field trip?"
Rinrana@jwp1fsl: That would be agreeable, I shall acompany the away team. Captain.
Keliaya@anncarise: "Lieutenant, let's do a quick tachyon scan before we launch that shuttle. Just in case something's waiting for us out there."
Keelah@crystyll: "Alright then" she smiles, "Kelly, Kazra; get your team together and be ready in the starboard hanger in 5 minutes"
Duncan McLean@carebearcrusher: "Aye sir"
Duncan McLean@carebearcrusher begins tachyon sweep
Keliaya@anncarise: "Just the local vicinity will be fine. Anything further and it won't be a threat to the shuttle, and the Forge can handle it."
Duncan McLean@carebearcrusher: "There's nah anything showing up on the tachyon sweep, sir"
Keliaya@anncarise nods and turns to Keelah, "I'll get changed and be down there in five. Lieutenant, you're with us."
Keelah@crystyll | T'Quila: taps her comms panel, "Captain, Eon reports a visual on downed Starfleet escape pod. Coordinates are being uploaded straight to the shuttle"
Charlie@drcrippler spins around. "Captain, the ship was the USS Jasmine, NCC 88923, under the Command of Captain Flavia Tzimiske. There was a full crew compliment of 750, and the ship was on a routine colony supply,"
Keliaya@anncarise heads to the turbolift, stopping momentarily to listen to Charlie's report.
Keelah@crystyll nods, "Thank you Ensign. Now if you want to put your field skills to use as well as your analytical ones, I suggest you report to the hangar deck" she smiles
Charlie@drcrippler nods and gets up. "I detected no survivors Captain,"
Crystyl@crystyll FX | The rescue shuttle bounces down through a heavy ion storm in high orbit only to be greeted by more violent storms in the lower atmo. Flying is painful, but manageable
Crystyl@crystyll FX | the shuttle has touched down near a decimated Starfleet escape pod with the Eon circling high overhead
Crystyl@crystyll FX | Forget what you see! This is a Demon world. Horrible storms, treacherous rocky terrain etc etc)
Keliaya@anncarise hands everyone a rebreather, "The atmosphere isn't exactly friendly, so we'll need these."
Crystyl@crystyll is an NPC Kazra for now
Keliaya@anncarise: "Don't know of any other hazards, at least not from speaking with the survivor. But stay alert, this world isn't exactly habitable."
Duncan McLean@carebearcrusher takes the rebreather and puts it on, then grabs a portable shield system off the shuttle
Charlie@drcrippler nods to Kelly, taking the rebreather and putting it on
Crystyl@crystyll works her way around the SAR team, popping everyone in the neck with a hypo, "A Triox shot will help too"
Rinrana@jwp1fsl nods, accepting the rebreather, placing it upon her mouth. "Logic dictates, that we should have phasers at the ready. Just in case."
Charlie@drcrippler: "Do we know where the officer is?"
Keliaya@anncarise nods, "They're useful cutting tools as well as weapons. Just don't be too jumpy, we don't want to hurt the survivor any further."
Rinrana@jwp1fsl: Agreed, stun settings would be most useful.
Keliaya@anncarise attaches her rebreather and grabs a phaser, putting it on her toolbelt, "From our conversations with her, it seems she's taken shelter in a cave somewhere, likely near her escape pod."
Duncan McLean@carebearcrusher rubs his neck, "Ach, a wee bit more warning next time would be nice"
Crystyl@crystyll checks her tricorder for lifesigns, and shakes her head, "As I thought, I can't detect her lifesigns. She did say she took shelter in a nearby cave, it may be interfering with scans"
Crystyl@crystyll flashes a smirk at Duncan, "Sorry hun"
Charlie@drcrippler taps his arm pad, looking for the shuttle remains
Rinrana@jwp1fsl went to reach for a romulan phaser, attaching to her own belt as well.
Keliaya@anncarise: "We'll have to search manually. She won't be too far, she's having enough trouble breathing without making a major hike."
Kiera@falconecoose shrugs slightly "Had worse landings..."
Rinrana@jwp1fsl: Without further delay, I believe we should get to getting to our main objective.
Charlie@drcrippler points. "Well, her escape pod is here. We should check it for clues as to where she might have headed,"
Charlie@drcrippler points behind him to the arch
Crystyl@crystyll: "Yes, we have even less than time than first thought if we have to recover her back here and fly back to the ship"
Keliaya@anncarise: Kassandra landing c 2250
Charlie@drcrippler which is where the shuttle is
Rinrana@jwp1fsl nods, following the direction the intel Ensign pointd towards.
Rinrana@jwp1fsl: Lead on then.
Crystyl@crystyll hangs at the back of the group, fiddling with her tricorder to monitor their lifesigns and environmental conditions
Keliaya@anncarise takes out her tricorder as well, scanning the environment for nearby caves.
Charlie@drcrippler looks at the wreckage
Duncan McLean@carebearcrusher scans for non-native particulates
Rinrana@jwp1fsl looked towards the wreckage while taking out a tricorder, scanning it for anything ab-normal or otherwise.
Keliaya@anncarise: "Hard to scan through all this interference...picking up mineral readings east of us though."
Keliaya@anncarise: "Could be indicative of a cave system."
Charlie@drcrippler tries to look for anything that could indicate which direction she went in
Crystyl@crystyll FX | The escape pod is totalled. Looks like it did more of it's trip along the ground than in the air but still impacted with a helluva punch. The back door is open and a number of busted supplies +
Crystyl@crystyll: + are strewn about the open hatch
Duncan McLean@carebearcrusher: "She's lucky to have survived the landing"
Rinrana@jwp1fsl: Nothing coming back from the wreckage, but these damage reports however, I suspect the landing was not a [pleasant one to say the least.
Duncan McLean@carebearcrusher looks around for any tracks or drag signs
Charlie@drcrippler: "There is nothing to indicate which direction she moved in. I believe the officer was rather panicked, and not thinking logically,"
Duncan McLean@carebearcrusher checks the pod for a log or message
Keliaya@anncarise: "After a crash like that, I'd think so..."
Crystyl@crystyll FX | The wind and rain continue to beat relentlessly at the team as they attempt their search
Charlie@drcrippler: "I believe that if we continue to search the area, she will not be able to get far. I would surmise a small search radius from this point should cover all potential areas," he says
Keliaya@anncarise: "Storm could have muddled the tracks too. Only lead I have is a possible cave system eastwards."
Duncan McLean@carebearcrusher: I think she may have left us a sign after all
Rinrana@jwp1fsl: A reasonable respose that I find perplexing, how would one not think logically in this sense?
Charlie@drcrippler glances at Duncan
Crystyl@crystyll: "From talking with the Chief, she is not lacking in wits. She knew not to go far"
Keliaya@anncarise: "Oh? What did you find Lieutenant?"
Rinrana@jwp1fsl glances towards Duncan for a moment.
Duncan McLean@carebearcrusher points to the broken supplies on the console "looks like the pod lost power in the crash, and she left us an arrow pointing which way she went"
Duncan McLean@carebearcrusher: "If we head east, we just might find her"
Crystyl@crystyll: "Kelly, wasn't the direction of the formation you detected?"
Charlie@drcrippler nods. "That corrlates with the data the Lieutenant Commander gathered. We should hurry,"
Keliaya@anncarise: "Directly east as well."
Keliaya@anncarise nods at Duncan and Charlie, "I think that's our best bet."
Charlie@drcrippler begins to head off in that direction
Rinrana@jwp1fsl nods in agreement. "Agreed."
Keliaya@anncarise follows.
Charlie@drcrippler: "Please watch your movements, it is very uneven," he cautions
Keliaya@anncarise: rolls 79 (1-100)
Charlie@drcrippler: rolls 9 (1-100)
Kiera@falconecoose: rolls 88 (1-100)
Rinrana@jwp1fsl: rolls 15 (1-100)
Duncan McLean@carebearcrusher: rolls 82 (1-100)
Rinrana@jwp1fsl had tripped while walking, landing onto her knee as a romulan swear was heard afterwards.
Charlie@drcrippler as he traveses a rather narrow ledge, he slips and tumbles down the cliff face
Crystyl@crystyll rushes to Rinrana's side as she stumbles, "Here, let me take a look at that for you"
Charlie@drcrippler: rolls 12 (1-100)
Crystyl@crystyll scans her injury and performs a minor regeneration to fix the damage
Rinrana@jwp1fsl: Thank you.
Crystyl@crystyll helps her up looking around, "Um... where did the Ensign go?"
Charlie@drcrippler scrabbles to grab onto the rock ledge, but the rain made the ledge slippery, and his hand slips off, falling down even further
Duncan McLean@carebearcrusher looks down the cliif side "Ensign!, can you hear me?"
Kiera@falconecoose shrugs slightly "I'm sure the ensign is ok where ever they are."
Charlie@drcrippler there is a dull thudd, muffled by a lightening bolt that streaked across the sky
Keliaya@anncarise glances around before tapping her combadge, "Ensign Rivett, report."
Rinrana@jwp1fsl: How is my injury looking? Not too bad is it?
Charlie@drcrippler: <C> ** jury ** on**
Crystyl@crystyll: "You'll be fine Commander. Might need a tailor to fix those pants though. Not my specialitiy I'm afraid"
Keliaya@anncarise scans for the location of Charlie's combadge.
Rinrana@jwp1fsl: I shall do that once I am able to.
Crystyl@crystyll peers down into the ravine that Charlie fell into. Then peers up at the Eon circling overhead
Crystyl@crystyll: "You don't think...?"
Charlie@drcrippler FX| Charlie's badge pings from the bottom of the cliff
Keliaya@anncarise: "That's not good..."
Duncan McLean@carebearcrusher: "uhhhh tha's nah good"
Keliaya@anncarise: "I can climb down there, but it might be harder to get back up with two."
Rinrana@jwp1fsl: Fvadt! That Eon's-...
Crystyl@crystyll: (Eon: https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.enjin.com/161311/EON1.jpg )
Duncan McLean@carebearcrusher: "he might need medical attention, tha's quite a drop"
Crystyl@crystyll: "You're the engineer Kelly, so you know the tech limitations. But what do you think? Could she get down there, I mean; it looks like she's got space to me..."
Keliaya@anncarise: "If anyone can, it's her."
Keliaya@anncarise: "I'm a good climber but I doubt I can make it back carrying the Ensign, and the interference might be too bad even for emergency transport tags."
Crystyl@crystyll taps her combadge, "Ground team to Ean; Jenni, we have an emergency situation down here. Ensign Rivett's slipped and we can't get down the cliff to him, can you reach him?"
Crystyl@crystyll | Jenni: "Let me take a look, coming in now!"
Crystyl@crystyll FX | The sleek fighters circles around and makes a low approach towards the far end of the ravine. As it nears the group, thrusters fire and comes to a hover, circling end over to face straight down,
Crystyl@crystyll: + and back again before gracefully descending and disappearing from view
Charlie@drcrippler glances up as the Eon makes her descent, clambering to his one good foot, and wiping away the green blood that streamed down to his eyes
Crystyl@crystyll: <C-Jenni> "I have you Ensign, hop on! Don't worry, I've got you"
Crystyl@crystyll FX | Eon pulls close before Charlie, it's pointed nose hovering smoothly before him
Charlie@drcrippler literally hops onto the ship
Crystyl@crystyll FX | Eon slowly rises into view and turns it's nose over the ravine edge so Charlie can be safely helped off by the team
Crystyl@crystyll helps him clear and lays him down to do a full check over on him
Crystyl@crystyll FX | With Charlie clear, Eon gingerly backs away before ascending again
Crystyl@crystyll: "Don't worry Ensign, we'll soon have you up and running around again in no time"
Charlie@drcrippler isn't in good shape. Is pratically green with blood
Crystyl@crystyll looks to Kelly, "I can treat that cut on his head, but need him back in sickbay for the other injuries"
Charlie@drcrippler nods, cradling his jaw with his good hand
Crystyl@crystyll treats the laceration and gives him a hypo for the pain
Keliaya@anncarise: "Can you make it back to the shuttle, Ensign?"
Charlie@drcrippler points to the cave, and then at the others, and then at the cave again
Keliaya@anncarise looks over at the cave.
Crystyl@crystyll looks to the Rommy, "Commander; there are transport enhancers in the shuttle. Can you retrieve them and beam the Ensign back to the ship asap?"
Charlie@drcrippler: [Rirana] nods
Crystyl@crystyll watches as the Rommy helpfully jogs back to the shuttle, "She won't be long Ensign" she assures Charlie, looking to Kelly, "We're running out of time for the Chief..."
Keliaya@anncarise: "Let's press on. Looks like the cave is just ahead."
Charlie@drcrippler nods and then looks to the cave, pointing to them to go!
Duncan McLean@carebearcrusher nods
Keliaya@anncarise nods to Charlie, "Good spot."
Keliaya@anncarise: "Let's hope this is the right one..."
Crystyl@crystyll hands Charlie a spare hypo, "Just in case you need to take more of the edge off, Ensign" she smiles before jogging after the others
Duncan McLean@carebearcrusher scans for lifesigns
Keliaya@anncarise scans as well while they head into the cave.
Crystyl@crystyll FX | Is no longer Kazra!
Charlie@drcrippler: (is now Kazra!)
Duncan McLean@carebearcrusher: "I'm not reading anything...
Keliaya@anncarise scans for a concentration of minerals.
Charlie@drcrippler lights a torch
Keliaya@anncarise heads to said concentration of minerals once she's located one, trying to determine if it can cause interference.
Keliaya@anncarise: "I've got a fix on the Chief's transponder! The minerals here are everywhere, and they're definitely masking her lifesigns."
Duncan McLean@carebearcrusher begins searching the rest of the cave
Crystyl@crystyll sits in a Lounge chair.
Charlie@drcrippler: "Let's hurry,"
Keliaya@anncarise: "This way."
Keliaya@anncarise follows Crystyl's transponder signal.
Crystyl@crystyll is out cold. laying under a blanket next to the beeping transponder
Keliaya@anncarise: "Should be right...here!"
Charlie@drcrippler hurries over to her, checking her pulse
Duncan McLean@carebearcrusher begins setting up portable shield generator to stabilize the environment a little
Charlie@drcrippler runs a medical diagnostic.
Charlie@drcrippler: "We need to get her to sickbay, now,"
Charlie@drcrippler tries to stablise her to move her
Keliaya@anncarise: "Is she safe to move with a transporter tag? Or better if we take her up with the shuttle?"
Crystyl@crystyll: she's as stable as she's going to be! No major physical injuries, though dehydrated and pretty battered after almost a week here
Charlie@drcrippler checks if she can be transported away
Charlie@drcrippler: "We can transport her, but the cave won't let us transport her. We need to get her back to the Ensign,"
Charlie@drcrippler: "And hope those enhancers are there," she mutters
Duncan McLean@carebearcrusher moves to help carry her
Charlie@drcrippler: "Help me carry her," she orders, and lifts her up slowly
Crystyl@crystyll is carried!
Charlie@drcrippler: "Commander, head outside, check that the enhancers are there," she orders
Keliaya@anncarise leads the way out of the cave.
Charlie@drcrippler follows out with Crystyl slowly and gently
Charlie@drcrippler: "Are the enhancers here Kelly?"
Keliaya@anncarise checks Charlie's last position for enhancers.
Charlie@drcrippler carefully adjusts Crystyl's arms around her shoulders and checks the pulse again
Charlie@drcrippler: "We don't have much time," she mutters
Keliaya@anncarise: "I don't see any! I guess we'll have to make our way back to the shuttle, it shouldn't be too far!"
Charlie@drcrippler grimaces. "Let's go, slowly. Let's not end up like the Ensign. Kiera, you head on ahead, get those engines started,"
Kiera@falconecoose: "Aye Aye."
--------------- THE NEXT DAY IN SICKBAY
Keliaya@anncarise steps into sickbay.
Charlie@drcrippler is getting checked on by a nurse
Charlie@drcrippler is not a nice patient
Crystyl@crystyll is laying back, but propped almost into an upright sit with her eyes closed
Charlie@drcrippler: "No. I do not require a sling. My bones will heal perfectly fine without them,"
Charlie@drcrippler: "No, it was not a mistake to heal my jaw first,"
Crystyl@crystyll could be seen to turn her head slightly towards Charlie with a smirk, shaking it lightly
Keliaya@anncarise chuckles as she stands to listen for a moment before asking, "How're you two doing?"
Charlie@drcrippler: "All I request is that you clear me for duty again,"
Charlie@drcrippler: "That response is illogical," he frowns
Charlie@drcrippler is totally talking to a nurse but is not going to emote him
Crystyl@crystyll peeks one eye open before blinking the other open alongside it, "All the better for seeing Starfleet walls again..."
Charlie@drcrippler: "Do you not have any other patients to treat?"
Charlie@drcrippler: "Good," he slips his hand into the nurse's pocket as he leaves and pulls out his PADD
Charlie@drcrippler taps his PADD, makes some adjustments, and then stands.
Keliaya@anncarise looks to Crystyl, "Good to have you on board too, Chief. Breathing better too I hope?"
Charlie@drcrippler places the PADD on the floor, and then kicks it underneath the biobed, shrugging and moving towards the others
Crystyl@crystyll: "It's getting easier slowly. Your CMO is real darling, isn't she" she smiles softly, voice still a little croaky
Charlie@drcrippler: "No, she is not,"
Keliaya@anncarise: "Hey, she's a good doctor!"
Keliaya@anncarise: "Oh right, of course you wouldn't like her..." she chuckles at Charlie.
Charlie@drcrippler: "I should have been cleared for duty 42.6 minutes ago. She is keeping me here for no reason whatsoever,"
Crystyl@crystyll chuckles at Charlie, "She clearly just enjoys your company Ensign"
Keliaya@anncarise laughs, "That's one way to put the two of them!"
Charlie@drcrippler: "That is not clear at all,"
Crystyl@crystyll: "Oh trust me, it is" she grins, coughing a little and taking a sip of water, "So... Denobulan, eh? Does that mean you're...?"
Charlie@drcrippler taps her biobed to look at her injuries
Keliaya@anncarise nods, "Kelly, yes. That's me," She smiles.
Crystyl@crystyll smiles brightly, holding an inviting hand to her
Crystyl@crystyll FX | Patient notes state dehydration and mild malnutrition. Burning of the lungs from toxic atmosphere under ongoing treatment
Keliaya@anncarise takes her hand, "Oh, am I supposed to shake it, or is that too formal for this occasion?"
Keliaya@anncarise: "I may have grown up on a colony alongside humans, but some of your customs still escape me!"
Charlie@drcrippler: "It was a way to show trust, since your hand was not able to go to your sword,"
Charlie@drcrippler gives that wise piece of advice
Crystyl@crystyll chuckles, "No, I just wanted to give it a grateful squeeze in lieu of a hug"
Crystyl@crystyll: "It's kind of wierd actually seeing you now, after all those hours we talked"
Keliaya@anncarise: "I hope you didn't imagine me to be better looking?"
Crystyl@crystyll smiles, "You are every bit as bright and beatiful as you sounded!"
Keliaya@anncarise smiles back, "Glad to hear that! It's good to finally meet you too!"
Crystyl@crystyll looks to Charlie, "Just as /you/ are every bit as cold Mr. Vulcan" she adds with a growing smirk
Keliaya@anncarise chuckles.
Charlie@drcrippler: "There is no correlation between voice and a person's appearence,"
Crystyl@crystyll: "Oh? Then how did I know you were going to be just as cute as you are then?"
Crystyl@crystyll: "Logically, there must be a correlation there for a mere Human to reach such a deduction, no?"
Charlie@drcrippler: [Kazra] "There really is," she says waving to the other two as she bustles off to a medical thingy
Keliaya@anncarise smiles and waves back to Kazra.
Charlie@drcrippler glances at Kazra and shakes his head, before turning slightly red at Crys' comment. "No, that is just the human mind trying to make a connection where there is not one there,"
Crystyl@crystyll smiles at the flush but leaves him be, looking to Kelly, "I really don't know how I can even begin to starting thanking you for getting me out of there"
Keliaya@anncarise: "Don't worry, it's our job to help. It's what I signed up for, after all."
Charlie@drcrippler: "We do not require any form of gratitude for simply performing our jobs,"
Charlie@drcrippler mentally high fives Kelly as they were in sync
Crystyl@crystyll: "Well nonetheless; you saved me, I don't think I can ever forget that. You're all such great heroes!"
Charlie@drcrippler: "I do not believe we get to enjoy the title "heroes," as we have not done anything extraordinary,"
Crystyl@crystyll: "Well in my eyes, you have. Besides, you're not just some patrol ship or SAR mission. You're the Valley Forge! .../the/ Valley Forge!"
Charlie@drcrippler: "If I am correct, this is the only ship called the Valley Forge in Starfleet,"
Keliaya@anncarise: "Well, the only one at the moment. The name's been carried by a number of ships in the past."
Crystyl@crystyll looks between the pair, "You... really have no idea do you...?"
Charlie@drcrippler looks at her impassively, waiting for her to continue her sentence
Keliaya@anncarise looks to Crystyl, "I didn't know you had a connection with the ship though. You're not from Forged Earth or anything..."
Crystyl@crystyll laughs at the bewilderment, "You guys were heroes to us before this encounter!"
Keliaya@anncarise: "We...were?"
Charlie@drcrippler: "It is possible. The ship often rescues those in need,"
Crystyl@crystyll: "You realize... every time thr Jasmine came into this region we picked up news of your adventures"
Keliaya@anncarise: "Oh! So you've heard of all the things we've been up to lately?"
Crystyl@crystyll: "The first contacts, the ever reaching explorations... it makes big news to the rest of us!"
Crystyl@crystyll nods, "I know I was a bit out of sorts before when we talked, I just didn't put two and two together!" she laughs
Charlie@drcrippler: "Some missions are declassifed for the public, yes," he nods.
Crystyl@crystyll: "Well if you ever feel sharing those exploits, I promise I won't tell!" she winks
Charlie@drcrippler: "As a member of Starfleet, you already have access to certain records,"
Charlie@drcrippler ignores the wink
Keliaya@anncarise chuckles, "Reading a report isn't quite the same as sitting down and talking about the experience."
Charlie@drcrippler: "You are correct Commander. One takes longer and is surplus to requirements,"
Crystyl@crystyll laughs at the pair, "Point is; you guys - this ship - it's all so inspirational to those of us who just potter around the sector delivering supplies and whatnot"
Crystyl@crystyll: "So to actually have spent all this time talking with you all, seeing that deserved reputation for myself as you all dash heroically across the quadrant to rescue me..."
Crystyl@crystyll sniffles, "It's pretty humbling!"
Charlie@drcrippler: "If I may distract from the humbleness for a moment..." he pulls out his own PADD. "What caused you to be on the planet?"
Crystyl@crystyll gives him a look, "gravity"
Charlie@drcrippler: "And what caused you to move from an orbital vector into a depreicating orbit?"
Crystyl@crystyll sighs at the wasted humour, "The Jasmine moved to aid a convoy under seige, I don't know who from but we were overwhelmed by their forces"
Charlie@drcrippler: "What is the status of the convoy?"
Keliaya@anncarise: "We've only detected the wreckage of the Jasmine, destroyed by disruptor fire ultimately causing a core breach."
Crystyl@crystyll looks between the pair, "Good, then it was not all for nothing if the convoy got out of there..."
Keliaya@anncarise: "Your distress call was the only one we got though..."
Keliaya@anncarise: "If the convoy escaped, they would've let someone know...unless they stayed on silence for fear of attracting attention now that they lost their escort?"
Charlie@drcrippler a slow trickle of blood moves down from Charlie's hairline
Charlie@drcrippler: "What was the convoy's original target?"
Crystyl@crystyll shrugs lightly, "I wouldn't know, sorry. I don't even know if they were a Federation convoy..." she looks to Charlie, "Um, Ensign..." points to her forehead indicating to him
Charlie@drcrippler raises his eyebrow and looks up at her forehead
Keliaya@anncarise glances to Charlie, "I think she means your head..."
Charlie@drcrippler touches his head and looks at the green blood. "Quite clearly some poor medical work here,"
Keliaya@anncarise: "Maybe that's why Kazra won't let you go..."
Charlie@drcrippler [Kazra] appears, swiping Charlie's PADD and grabbing his shoulders. "Okay honey... let's... get you back into bed,"
Charlie@drcrippler: "I must protest, this wound can clearly be fixed with a dermal regenerator,"
Crystyl@crystyll: "Go on, Ensign! You can drill me from your own bed!" she chuckles
Keliaya@anncarise looks back to Crystyl, "But yes, we only detected the debris of your ship, so hopefully that's a good sign for the convoy."
Charlie@drcrippler: [Kazra] "And that would miss the bleeding that is currently happening in your brain which will kill you if not treated. And we don't want to lose that beautiful brain of yours," she pulls Charlie away
Crystyl@crystyll: "Told you she likes you!" she chuckles throwing another wink to the pair
Charlie@drcrippler [Kazra] leans over to Crys. "I'll knock him out for you, give you some peace and quiet," she winks, forcing Charlie into the bed
Crystyl@crystyll mouths silently 'thank you'
Keliaya@anncarise laughs.
Charlie@drcrippler 's protest die away with a hiss of a hypo
Crystyl@crystyll looks back to Kelly, saddening a little, "I wish I could be more help with explaining what happened..."
Keliaya@anncarise: "Don't worry. I'm sure Starfleet will assign additional security to convoys passing through this space now after the attack on the Jasmine."
Keliaya@anncarise: "We'll get whoever's responsible."
Keliaya@anncarise smiles, "Anyways, I should return to Main Engineering. I'll stop by when I'm off duty later."
Keliaya@anncarise: "And we'll look into the whereabouts of this convoy and let you know if we find it."
Crystyl@crystyll: "Thank you Kelly. I mean it! Hopefully I'll be up and about soon and get that tour" she smiles
Keliaya@anncarise: "Come seek me out whenever you're ready! I'll see you around, Crystyl!"
Keliaya@anncarise smiles back before heading out.
Crystyl@crystyll: "See you!" she smiles, watching her leave. Turning to the KO'd Charlie with a chuckle as he begins to snore
View Bonus - Keelah's Chat
Keelah enters her Ready Room, moving to the replicator to tap in an order for her raktajino, “Computer, transfer held comms channel to my desk terminal” Crystyl: “Hello?” Keelah: “Hello Chief” Crystyl: “Oh hello again Captain! My, is the situation so dire that I get to monopolize your time now?” she chuckles Keelah: laughs quietly, settling into her seat with both hands wrapped around the hot mug, “Nothing so melodramatic, Chief. I simply have faith in my officers so thought I would take the time to keep you company” Crystyl: “Spoken like a true Captain indeed! It is honestly reassuring to hear the confidence in your voice ma’am. I can’t thank you enough for coming to my aid…” Keelah: waves a dismissive hand at the thin air, “Please, Chief; we just so happened to be the nearest ship when your call came through. You know any Starfleet crew would rush to the aid of a fellow officer in need” Crystyl: “Circumstances notwithstanding of course… but still, taking the time like this to keep talking with me, to stop me going mad talking to myself and the shadows on the wall that have started to look like faces now- what? No, I’m not talking to you any more cavey, I have real people for company!” Keelah: lowers her mug and stares silently at the console with a quirked brow Crystyl: let’s the silence eke out just a little longer before snickering, “Sorry Captain, I should really save jests like that for your junior officers. Couldn’t resist though, it has been SO lonely after all…” Keelah: laughs, “Understandable Chief, I… would probably do the same in your shoes. How are you holding up anyway?” Crystyl: Well I’ve reduced my Triox dosage per your doctor’s instructions. I know it’s going to be tight Captain, and with you and your crew working so hard to reach me I’m going to make damned sure it’s not in vain!” Keelah: “That’s the spirit Chief, I won’t lie though; that atmosphere is really going to start burning before long. It’s going to get harder on you before we can reach you there” Crystyl: sighs, “I know Captain, don’t worry; I’ve been mentally prepared for a slow and painful death out here for some days now. Just having the sound of your voices gives so much hope I…” sniffle, “...aah, well suffice to say you’ve already given me more than enough reason to keep on fighting!” Keelah: pauses for a moment’s thought, “You certainly hold a commendable attitude, Chief” Crystyl: ‘s tone sounds upbeat at the complement, “Coming from a Starfleet Captain, I can think of no finer complement. Thank you ma’am” Keelah: “Please, call me Keelah. I think we’re beyond formalities here” she chuckles Crystyl: “Only if you drop the Chief and call me Crystyl, ma’am” she sounds like she’s smirking Keelah: laughs, “Alright, you’ve got me there Ch- Crystyl” she pauses, sipping her raktajino Crystyl: “Um… hello, Keelah… Captain?” Keelah: lowers her drink, “Still here Crystyl, just having a little drink” Crystyl: “Nothing too strong I hope? Even if you’re off duty, you’re my entire world right now and I’d prefer that world not to sound blurry” she laughs Keelah: chuckles, “No, just raktajino, though even were it something stronger it would likely have no impact on my Vulcan physiology” Crystyl: is silent for a moment, “...Vulcan? You’re pulling my leg, surely. I heard you laughing!” Keelah: smiles, “I assure you Crystyl I am very much Vulcan. Just not one who subscribes to the whole thing with emotional suppression is all” Crystyl: “Oh right! I think I’ve heard about your kind, Vosh-something right?” Keelah: “V’tosh ka’tur. It’s something of a derogatory term in Vulcan, but I - as have others like me - adopted it as much in defiance as anything else” Crystyl: “...sounds like you’ve had quite the fight on your hands with it all…” Keelah: “I’ve had my moments... “ Crystyl: “But I mean, look at you now. A /Starfleet Captain/ of all things; you’ve proven to all the non-believers that you can stand as tall and proud as your emotionally-suppressing kin!” Keelah: looks curiously at the console emitting the voice for a moment, “You know Crystyl, we may have to verify that we have the right file for you. It says you’re Human here, but I could swear talking to you is like talking to my half-Betazoid counsellor!” Crystyl: laughs, “You’re not the first to say that, Keelah! Well ok, maybe the first to say /that/ specifically, but you get my meaning! I’ve always been very empathic and when your whole world consists of one little voice… you kind of focus on it” Keelah: “Understandable” she nods, sipping her raktajino, “So you never considering a career in counselling given your… natural aptitude?” Crystyl: “Well besides the whole being-an-officer thing, no… I actually find my job really satisfying. I don’t need to bring my friends to an office and psychoanalyze them to help. I can do that by sharing a friendly drink and offering the wisdom of my experience, for what it is” Keelah: smiles thoughtfully, “Well I certainly can’t fault you there, Crystyl. An experienced Chief can be worth their weight in latinum after all” Crystyl: “A value that may well be decreased by the time you get to me. Not exactly been a fulfilling diet this past few days…” she chuckles morosely Keelah: “Come now Crystyl, nobody expects you to be fighting fit and bouncing off the walls when we get to you. You have to save your strength for surviving, we all understand this. I’m sure Kazra - my CMO - will have you back to full strength in no time” Crystyl: sounds somewhat appeased, “There’s that confidence one only ever hears from a seasoned CO! But there’s something more in your voice, Keelah… you have that air of authority I would expect from a ship’s Captain, but there’s something much more nurturing and reassuring to your tone. Something motherly…” Keelah: smiles, “Ok, now I am officially impressed! Yes Crystyl, I have a daughter - T’Pia” Crystyl: “Oh what a beautiful name! And oh… that sounds pained though. Something happened with her didn’t it…?” Keelah: frowns and shifts in her seat, “I’m sure you don’t want to hear all about my strife, Crystyl…” Crystyl: “Better than thinking about my own. Come on Keelah, it clearly weighs heavily on you. Sometimes a disembodied voice is just the right degree of detachment to make it easier to share after all, right?” she says making it sound like it’s a common turn of phrase Keelah: chuckles at the optimism, “It’s kind of complicated…” she notes, setting her mug down and playing with some PADD’s on her desk, idly sliding and shuffling them around Crystyl: “Oh, well in that case best not. I do have a very busy schedule down here after all…” Crystyl: chuckles, “Come on, it’s not like I’m going anywhere now is it!” Keelah: sighs softly, leaning back in her chair, “Well… just over a year ago now we were making a promising first contact with a species we had encountered. I beamed down to their homeworld with a small team following successful opening dialogue. I didn’t even know I was pregnant yet at this time either, but they detected the baby’s lifesigns and moved me to a medical facility for treatment. You see Crystyl, this species was monogendered and had no concept of biological reproduction. So they thought my unborn child was a parasite, like they experienced with the natural wildlife on their planet. The same for a Trill officer who was with us…” Crystyl: “Dear God, tell me they didn’t hurt your baby… if so this would officially stuck as a moral boosting story…” Keelah: chuckles softly, “Not exactly. Suffice to say that we explained the situation and we were both recovered without any harm being done. However, they had already commenced a process to ‘relieve’ me of this perceived parasite and so by the time everything was explained, they had accelerated the baby’s development to maturity” Crystyl: “So… in the space of a few hours you went from not even knowing you were pregnant, to having a newborn baby? Damn, Keelah I’m sorry…” Keelah: “But that much I could be content with, and I wish the story ended there but…” Crystyl: “Oh no, what happened…?” Keelah: “Shortly after going back on our way, we found that T’Pia was continuing to age at an accelerated rate. It took a lot of intuitive treatment from medical, and help from the species who caused it all, but we eventually managed to settle her adverse reaction to their treatment and normalize her aging. Though by this point my newborn baby girl was a young woman of 18” Crystyl: FX | Stunned silence Keelah: looks down to the console, “Crystyl…? Are you still there?” Crystyl: ‘s silence continues a few more moments, “I’m here Keelah, just… wow, I’m so sorry. I can’t begin to imagine what that put you through…” Keelah: sighs, “It was traumatic of course, but don’t get me wrong now; we have a bright, beautiful daughter who I couldn’t be prouder of!” Crystyl: “But… you missed out on all those years of her growing up. All those years of bonding…” Keelah: “This is true… but Pia and I share our own unique bond” Crystyl: “Oh?” Keelah: “It’s…” Crystyl: “I know, I know… ‘It’s complicated’. Don’t make me remind you of me not going anywhere now…” she chuckles, her tone reassuring as ever Keelah: smiles, “I know, I just don’t like burdening you with this” Crystyl: “And therein lies your trouble, Captain. You have to stay strong and confident for the sake of your crew, so you feel like you can’t show weakness. But it’s not weakness to acknowledge your own pain, Keelah” Keelah: shakes her head, smiling at the console, “Now you really do sound like Eunha!” she pushes up to her feet and wanders over to the window, watching the stars streak by as she continues Keelah: “So as Pia began to age, we quickly realized that it was purely physical development. Her mental development was unaffected by this ‘treatment’ and so in order to help offset that, I undertook a series of mind melds with her so that she could learn from my life experiences” Crystyl: “Wow… so she shares your memory? Dear lord, does she remember her own conception? That… I don’t even want to think!” Keelah: laughs, “I tried to shield her from too much specific information, but naturally some things seeped through. Like my own emotional awareness for example, and she does have a certain recognition for familiarities.” Keelah: “But as I said, this all ultimately worked out and she is now a bright young woman with a promising future ahead. We Vulcan’s share a natural telepathic bond with our children, and so added to the mind melds… it means that Pia and I share something incredibly special and truly unique” she smiles Crystyl: sounds like she’s smiling too with an upbeat tone, “Well that is what counts Keelah. It is impressive that you are able to see the best in all of this, I can see how losing those years of her growing up can be a painful thought at times. But I can hear in your voice how much you love her. I hope I’ll get to meet her for myself soon enough” Keelah: smiles, “Oh, that you will Crystyl; she lives on board with me. And when we’ve got you safely on board and back on your feet, we’d be honoured if you’d join us for dinner to celebrate” Crystyl: “I’ll hold you to that Captain!” Keelah: “You’d better, Chief!” she chuckles FX | The door chirps, T’Quila sticking her head into the room T’Quila: “Captain, Commander Keliaya reports ready to take over the call for you.” she notes quietly before disappearing again following an affirmative nod from Keelah Keelah: “Alright Crystyl, I’m going to leave in the capable hands of my Chief Engineer for a while. We’ll talk again tomorrow, ok?” Crystyl: sounds happy and optimistic, “I look forward to it Keelah”
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Crystyl@crystyll | T'Quila, comms Kelly, "Commander, I have Crystyl's channel ready to transfer to engineering for you" Keliaya@anncarise: "Put her through," she makes her way over to a console to receive the call. Crystyl@crystyll | T'Quila, "Acknowledged. Transferring now" the console beeps Crystyl@crystyll: "Oh, hello?" Keliaya@anncarise: "Hey, can you read me?" Crystyl@crystyll: "Loud and clear! Ooh, you've got a friendly voice. It sounds... busy there though, where are we?" Keliaya@anncarise chuckles, "I try to be friendly! You're patched in to main engineering. We're trying to squeeze all the power we can to stay at high warp longer." Keliaya@anncarise: "We'll get to you as soon as we can.” Crystyl@crystyll: "Oooh that explains it then, yeah! Well it's nice to meet another friendly face there, err... so to speak! I'm Crystyl by the way, though you... probably already knew that, didn't you..." Keliaya@anncarise chuckles, "I've heard about you. You're the only one that made it off your ship, right?" Crystyl@crystyll sighs, "I think so..." Keliaya@anncarise: "I'm so sorry. I know what that's like, although even in the worst scenario two others managed to get out with me." Keliaya@anncarise: "How're you doing, by the way? Any injuries?" Crystyl@crystyll: "Damn, I'm sorry to hear that. But looking on this hell, I kind of nobody else is stuck out there... and I'm alright, sure. Just... this atmosphere isn't the most breathable for Humans..." Keliaya@anncarise: "I heard your distress call, your EV suits are damaged, right? Do you have a rebreather, hypos for not quite breathable atmospheres?" Crystyl@crystyll: "I've got a Triox hypo yeah, not many cartridges though-" she coughs Keliaya@anncarise: "Are there any oxygen storage compartments still salvagable from the EV suits?" Crystyl@crystyll: "No, it was a pretty rough landing..." Keliaya@anncarise: "Anything from your escape pod that might be usable?" Crystyl@crystyll: "Nothing I haven't already got with me; just a medkit, some rationpacks and this transponder" Crystyl@crystyll: "So yeah..." she chuckles, "I appreciate every bit you can squeeze out of those engines, though it sounds like they're already burning pretty hot" Keliaya@anncarise: "We're dropping to down to around Warp 7.5 every once in a while to let everything cool down and recover for another burst. Don't worry, it's all perfectly safe." Crystyl@crystyll: "Now there's a confident engineer if I ever heard one! Oh, I know what it's like; these are /your/ engines, right?" a sunny tone carries on her voice from the welcome distraction in topic Keliaya@anncarise chuckles, "Yes they are! The Valley Forge has two cores, a GE X-10 and a secondary GE 8. We'll get to you soon." Crystyl@crystyll gives an impressed whistle, "Ok, with passion like that I must be talking to the proud Chief!" Keliaya@anncarise: "You guess right! Normally our maximum safe speed limit is 9.96 for eight hours, but with both cores running at maximum reaction rates, we can travel at top speed for a good while longer." Crystyl@crystyll: "Two cores, eh... seems I lucked out with you guys being the ones to come dashing to my rescue!" Keliaya@anncarise: "We're not /the/ fastest ship in the fleet, but our refits definitely give us capabilities comparable with any modern design." Crystyl@crystyll: "Ooh refits?" Keliaya@anncarise: "We're a Sentinel class, or really, were. Technically our class has never changed, but our performance is leagues above any standard Sentinel." Crystyl@crystyll: "Oh right, I've seen a few of those around I think... that's the one that looks a whale-sled right, with those low slung nacelles?" Crystyl@crystyll: "Err... no offence..." she chuckles Keliaya@anncarise chuckles, "We don't look much like a standard Sentinel anymore, either. Certainly not as whale-like as variants like the Emissary." Crystyl@crystyll: "Phew, no offence then!" she laughs, "So tell me about your ship, Chief - the Valley Forge, right? - sounds like those were some major refits" Keliaya@anncarise: "We still have the longer, Intrepid-style saucer and profile, of course, but it's /much/ more elegant now!" Keliaya@anncarise: "We finished the refit about three years back, it's certainly one of the more major ship refit projects." Crystyl@crystyll: "Oh yeah? Must be if you completely changed the profile I guess..." Keliaya@anncarise: "Quite similar to how the classic Constitution-class vessels got an almost complete overhaul following advancements in computing and warp technologies." Keliaya@anncarise: "If you're familiar with that, of course..." Crystyl@crystyll: "Not intimately" she chuckles, "But I know they don't look anything like the original Mk.I variants, so get the idea!" Keliaya@anncarise: "Yes, very much like that! May I ask what you did on board your ship?" Keliaya@anncarise: "Are you in Engineering, Science, Security?" Crystyl@crystyll: "Oh, Ops!" Keliaya@anncarise: "Just general operations?" Crystyl@crystyll: "Yeah, nothing special about little old me I'm afraid" she chuckles Keliaya@anncarise: "Hey, general operations are important! A ship can no more run without ops than it can without engineers or a helmsman." Crystyl@crystyll: "True enough!" she chuckles, "And it's not like I'm not proud of what I do, don't get me wrong. Just used to being one of the 'little people' is all" Keliaya@anncarise: "I know what you mean, I spent my first year out of the Academy being a junior engineer on a space station." Crystyl@crystyll: "Aah the Academy, so you were - what - an Ensign, right?" Keliaya@anncarise: "Back then, yes I was. What rank are you holding right now?" Crystyl@crystyll: "Master Chief, hence... little people" she chuckles, "Never did get to all the paperwork needed for the Academy" Keliaya@anncarise: "Oh yes, Academy work can be pretty overwhelming. Fortunately I was studying to be a theoretical physicist before then, so I was fairly used to it." Keliaya@anncarise: "Making it to Master Chief is already pretty impressive though! Technically an Ensign outranks you, but as an Ensign or even a Lieutenant I've always heeded the advice of experienced enlisted." Crystyl@crystyll: "Well, go you!" her tone sounds positively upbeat and encouraging, "And, that's a nice thought... I like to think my experience counts for something, but not always so easy in practice when a + Crystyl@crystyll: + Ensign comes fresh out of the Academy all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed!" she laughs Keliaya@anncarise: "Indeed! The more they work though, the more they'll realize how invaluable the experience of NCOs can be." Crystyl@crystyll: "Yeah, " she coughs a little, "- for all the good it's doing me now" she chuckles Keliaya@anncarise: "Personally, when it comes to everything small craft and shuttlebay related, I always defer to Chief Sullivan. And Chief Oliver for transporters- she's only a Chief Petty Officer too!" Keliaya@anncarise: "Don't worry, we'll get you out of there. And then you'll have survival experience to teach the fresh young Ensigns too!" Crystyl@crystyll: "But enough about my woes, I've got enough reminders of those everytime I look around me here. Tell me about yourself! I... didn't even catch your name?" Keliaya@anncarise: "I'm Keliaya, but most people just call me Kelly, especially in informal circumstances." Crystyl@crystyll: "Keliaya... that's not a Human name is it..." Keliaya@anncarise: "Certainly never met a human with it before! I'm Denobulan, Kelly though is apparently a name humans use, and easy for just about all species to pronounce and remember." Crystyl@crystyll laughs, "Yeah, I've known a few Kelly's in my time though. Never a Keliaya though... sounds exotic!" you can almost hear her grin with that, "Is it true you have guys have families so big you could + Crystyl@crystyll: + crew a whole starship with them?" Keliaya@anncarise: "That we do! I've known humans with a...what do you call it, extended family? A family of similar size, just with less complex relationships between one another. And often separated very far apart." Crystyl@crystyll: "Yeah, wow... that must be crazy at times. How do you remember all the birthdays for one?" she laughs Keliaya@anncarise chuckles, "We just...do, I think! Many modern Denobulan families are as widespread as your extended ones though and don't often see one another as much." Keliaya@anncarise: "I grew up in a more traditional colonial one, so...we all lived in the same household for the most part." Crystyl@crystyll: "Aah, yeah I guess that helps! Oh colonial, so you didn't grow on Denobula? Tell me about your home!" Keliaya@anncarise: "I was born and raised on Altair IV. It's a Federation colony about a sector away from our home system. Plenty of humans and Tellarites there as well." Crystyl@crystyll: "Oh that sounds familiar! I'm sure I've been there for a supply drop before..." Keliaya@anncarise: "It's in the Tellar sector, one of the properous inner colonies of the Federation. It has quite a bit of traffic so I wouldn't be surprised!" Crystyl@crystyll: "Yeah, can never doing trade talks with a Tellarite" she chuckles Crystyl@crystyll: "So now tell me more about your ship and crew! I've only really spoken with a few when the signal first got through, you said you had this big refit a few years back; were you all together here long + Crystyl@crystyll: + before that too?" Keliaya@anncarise: "We weren't actually. Captain Keelah got command of the ship following the refit, helped perfect many of the modifications they made and has been in command since then." Keliaya@anncarise: "I only transferred on board after the loss of the Gainsborough, my previous posting. A lot of officers from that ship also came here." Crystyl@crystyll: "Oh right you said something about knowing similar loss of a ship... I'm sorry to hear about that, Kelly. But... a lot of you stuck together on this ship? Well ain't that sweet!" Keliaya@anncarise: "Well, I've known more than one. Many of us made it out of the Gainsborough fortunately, though I can't say the same about the ship before that." Crystyl@crystyll: "Oh... damn, sorry... But look, if you wanted to talk about it at all; very sympathetic ear right here!" she chuckles Keliaya@anncarise chuckles, "Same for you, Crystyl." Crystyl@crystyll: "So what the rest of this crew you've got up there then? I spoke to your Captain Keelah briefly when the signal got through, she sounds... chirpy! But I also hear a lot of experience in her voice, + Crystyl@crystyll: + she's been through things I feel, like... she's had her triel-by-fire and now reaps the rewards to the benefit of her position or something" Keliaya@anncarise chuckles, "That's an accurate way to describe her! She has a lot of experience for sure too. She used to be in engineering as well before she went into command." Crystyl@crystyll: "Ooh, no wonder you sound so content there then! An engineer under an engineering Captain, what could be better!" Keliaya@anncarise: "Indeed! Valley Forge is Captain Keelah's first command, but she's been captain since the refits and got us through many dangerous situations in one piece." Crystyl@crystyll: "There was another first too, 'Z-something'?" Keliaya@anncarise: "Well...sometimes in two, but we're designed for separation. Another benefit of the refits!" Crystyl@crystyll laughs Keliaya@anncarise: "Ahh Zee's our first officer. She's Aenar, an Andorian offshoot species, so...you can guess why we rarely use her full name!" Keliaya@anncarise laughs. Crystyl@crystyll: "Oh yes, those can be tricky!" she chuckles, "She sounds very sweet too, actually thought maybe she was the counsellor or something. But then, there was something in her voice too... an uncertainty, + Crystyl@crystyll: + she's hurting on something more recent I think. You need to look after her, she needs her friends around her" Keliaya@anncarise: "She did work as a counselor before, and, well...the rest is very complicated." Crystyl@crystyll: "Yeah, I thought as much... just don't let her got lost in herself. She sounds like the sort who does better helping others than herself" Keliaya@anncarise: "That's a fairly good reading of her, I think! Are you sure you're not a counselor yourself?" she chuckles. Crystyl@crystyll laughs, "Hey, when your entire world is the voice coming from one little speaker you'd be surprised how much more you hear in a voice!" Keliaya@anncarise: "That makes sense! Well, hopefully we'll be more than just a voice soon!" Crystyl@crystyll: "Now there's an enticing thought, Kelly!" Crystyl@crystyll: "So who else do I have to look forward to meeting? You said some of you served on this other ship together before right? Must be some tight friendships after all that time together" Keliaya@anncarise: "Well Eunha, our head counselor, was also from the Gainsborough, along with several junior officers and enlisted, like Petty Officer Vatt. Mana's not on board anymore, she's a civilian, not an - Keliaya@anncarise: - official crew member, but she was also present on the Gainsborough during its destruction, and for a little while before." Crystyl@crystyll: "Ooh ok, so tell me about this counsellor. Eunha is a beautiful name!" Keliaya@anncarise: "Well she formally goes by Jung Eunbi, but we all just call her Eunha. She's half human and half Betazoid, and a very good counselor!" Keliaya@anncarise: "She also changes her hair a /lot/" she laughs. Crystyl@crystyll laughs, "Well, can't fault a girl for wanting to keep her look fresh after all!" Crystyl@crystyll: "So I guess she's the one I have to thank for such a cheery sounding bunch to keep me company at the moment" Keliaya@anncarise: "Indeed! We've also got many newer interesting crew too, like Lieutenant Baelai, an exchange officer from Forged Earth." Keliaya@anncarise: "It's an independent human colony formed in the early days of human space travel that became lost, and we just found them very recently." Crystyl@crystyll: "Oh wow... like that, um... oh what was it called, Terra Nova?" Crystyl@crystyll: "Terra Prime...? I don't know, something Terra-ble!" she chuckles Keliaya@anncarise: "I think I know the one you're talking about! Like that, but lost even longer!" Crystyl@crystyll: "Wow, sounds like quite the story indeed!" Keliaya@anncarise: "It certainly is! There's also Mia, a unique synthetic lifeform. If you thought the Captain was chirpy, wait until you meet her!" Crystyl@crystyll: "Oh my" she chuckles, "I like her already!" Keliaya@anncarise: "She was technically on board the Gainsborough as well, though it was only the drone half of her...another complicated story!" Keliaya@anncarise: "She is certainly /very/ likable!" Crystyl@crystyll: "Well... I'm not exactly going anywhere so feel free to embellish!" Keliaya@anncarise: "The short version is, well...Mana, who I mentioned earlier, was from a previously unknown species and civilization and we rescued her and her two drones, fully sentient AI." Keliaya@anncarise: "Mia was a self-aware holoprogram, you've heard of those I assume? There's that famous one from the USS Voyager." Crystyl@crystyll: "Oh indeed, yes! We used to have a program we kept running 24/7 with this old 20th century lounge singer called Vic, he was the same! real smooth talker too, and loved to pat you on the ass..." Keliaya@anncarise: "I think I've heard about him too somewhere..." she chuckles, "Sounds like an interesting person!" Crystyl@crystyll: "But yeah, so this Mia /was/ a self-aware hologram like Vic then?" Keliaya@anncarise: "Mia was very much like that, except she wanted to go out and see the world. So Mana linked her up with one of her drones, and now they exist as two entities joined in one drone shell." Keliaya@anncarise: "Mia often projects herself with her old avatar, has a fully realistic photonic body now too!" Crystyl@crystyll: "Wow... so she literally escaped the holodeck, eh? good for her!" Crystyl@crystyll: "No wonder she's as chirpy as you say, I look forward to meeting her!" Keliaya@anncarise: "She's great! Very good at morale boosting too, maybe the Captain will let you speak to her sooner rather than later!" Crystyl@crystyll: "Sounds like my dream friend right now" she chuckles softly, "But then you all are, I can't tell how touched I am by what you're doing" Keliaya@anncarise: "Hey, I joined up to help people, and it's my pleasure to keep you company out there." Crystyl@crystyll: "Well it means a lot, nonetheless. So thank you..." she briefly has that sound of a lump catching in her throat Keliaya@anncarise: "Everything all right?" Crystyl@crystyll: "Mhmm..." she insists, chuckling slightly, "Just some, err... cave dust got in my eye I think" Keliaya@anncarise: "Be careful down there, okay? We'll be there soon, but don't try anything reckless in the meantime. I'm assuming you're in a cave?" Crystyl@crystyll: "Yeah, it's not exactly sunbathing weather out there" she chuckles Crystyl@crystyll: "Like I said, I'm not going anywhere. No need to worry on that" Keliaya@anncarise: "It's a good thing you have shelter, then. Try to stay warm as best you can, but don't light any fires." Keliaya@anncarise: "With the atmosphere as it is, the last thing you want is to burn up more oxygen and have smoke clogging up your safe spot." Crystyl@crystyll: "Indeed!" she coughs, "Anyway, you were telling me about this Mia? So she's - what - part hologram, part... sentient drone now or something? How does that work?" Keliaya@anncarise: "I'm not exactly a computer expert myself, but from my understanding it's almost like a Joined Trill." Crystyl@crystyll: "Oh?" Crystyl@crystyll: "A... digi-Trill?" she chuckles Keliaya@anncarise chuckles, "Pretty much! They inhabit one body but are two different beings, each bringing their own set of memories and experiences that the other can call on." Keliaya@anncarise: "Apparently where Mana comes from, they can join a lot more than just two AIs together." Crystyl@crystyll: "Sounds like Trill, alright! And yeah... you said she was of some new species you encountered?" Keliaya@anncarise: "The Arshai. She's the first we've ever met, a refugee from a place known as the Great Black Hole." Crystyl@crystyll: "Oh wow, I've seen that on chart updates. You guys do get around don't you!" Keliaya@anncarise: "We do! The Gainsborough's parasite Aquarius was actually the first and to date only Federation ship to enter. It's not an actual black hole of course, that...we kind of can't go inside!" Keliaya@anncarise chuckles, "It's just a misleading name that stuck after many ships were known to be lost in the region to unknown circumstances." Keliaya@anncarise: "In reality, it's an area of space surrounded by an intentionally formed barrier of quantum filaments as a defensive minefield." Crystyl@crystyll: "Makes sense! But wow, all these adventures across different sectors... I take it you aren't a standard border patrol vessel...?" Keliaya@anncarise: "We're an exploration vessel! Have been since the refits." Crystyl@crystyll: "Aah that explains it! Always sounded really fanciful to me, almost like the stories you hear about ships like yours are too good to be true, like larger than life!" Keliaya@anncarise: "They were the standard of Starfleet at one point, before we got too influential and galactic politics began coming to us regardless of how much we wanted to get involved with them." Crystyl@crystyll: "True enough..." Keliaya@anncarise: "Not that I don't advocate for defence and patrol ships, I served a long time on one, and they're necessary to keep any territory safe." Keliaya@anncarise: "But the exploration ships haven't got as much light since the days of the Galaxy-class Enterprise, unfortunately." Crystyl@crystyll: "Yeah, so now when you do hear tales about ships 'bravely pushing the bounds of the frontier', it always sounds so fanciful!" Keliaya@anncarise: "Indeed! But there's still ships like us that do such things. Hopefully with political affairs settling down, we'll be seeing more such ships going forward." Crystyl@crystyll: "Well, my big heroes just became larger than life heroes. It's official!" she chuckles Keliaya@anncarise laughs, "I'm glad to impress, then!" Crystyl@crystyll: "No need to sound so surprised!" she laughs, "I mean already, you've described more unbelievable adventures, first contacts and exciting events than I think I've seen in my whole career!" Keliaya@anncarise: "I will say serving on exploration ships is far more interesting than patrol ones. Every once in a while you come across something new in patrols, but most of the time when something changes from - Keliaya@anncarise: - the usual pace, it's not a good change." Keliaya@anncarise: "What kind of ships have you served on?" Crystyl@crystyll: "I started off on an Oberth, just pottering around local colonies providing science support for agriculture and so on. Did some time on a Galaxy with the 11th Fleet when things got ugly around + Crystyl@crystyll: sector-001, but then I was out on patrol and supply runs mostly" Keliaya@anncarise: "Oberth, that's a very small ship. I know what serving on smaller vessels is like. Galaxy is a good class, it has its problems but I'm not very keen on the modern variants and refits." Keliaya@anncarise: "Especially the combat orientated ones with the third nacelle. It performs better, but I was always of the opinion that if we need to make battleships we should make the sleeker ones." Keliaya@anncarise: "Ships like the Sovereign would make a much better template for a battlecruiser. Could be bias from working on a Defiant, though..." Crystyl@crystyll: "Yes, I'm not exactly a warp-theory specialist by from my simple understanding of the subject; number of nacelles doesn't actually directly correlate to field stability..." Keliaya@anncarise: "It doesn't. Well, two is better than one, which is why we almost never see single-nacelle designs anymore. I'm not a ship designer either, but I believe the third nacelle for Galaxy variants is - Keliaya@anncarise: - more useful as a backup to maintain the optimal balance of two, should one get damaged in combat." Keliaya@anncarise: "Still, I think the Galaxy is much more optimized for exploration. I'd rather fly a Nebula with a combat module into a warzone, despite technically being of lesser capability." Crystyl@crystyll: "Makes sense to me!" Keliaya@anncarise: "The Oberth...that's a fairly dated model now. Haven't seen one around for a while, actually. Novas and their variants are a worthy successor in the role they used to fill, though." Crystyl@crystyll: "Oh yes, I /love/ Nova's! Call me whimsical but they are just so cute!" Keliaya@anncarise laughs, "They're lovely, aren't they! And they're very handy for shorter range scientific missions or systems testing as well!" Crystyl@crystyll: "Yeah, I suppose in some ways I should consider myself lucky to have served on an active Oberth..." Keliaya@anncarise: "I've never had the chance myself! One of my former commanding officers often talked about it though; he had one as his first command." Crystyl@crystyll sighs softly, "I guess I'll have to start thinking about finding a new posting once you guys get here and get me back to society, won't I..." Keliaya@anncarise: "Yes you will...but you could always stay on board with us. Those of us who ended up on the Valley Forge from the Gainsborough did because she picked us up and we just...integrated." Crystyl@crystyll: "Heh, from the sounds of it your Captain already has a fine crew and doesn't need to go about picking up strays like me" Keliaya@anncarise: "We could always use a senior NCO's experience on board!" Crystyl@crystyll: "Well that certainly is a nice thought... and it would be a fitting way for me to express my gratitude to my heroes!" Keliaya@anncarise chuckles, "You don't have to, of course! Just a potential option, especially considering your admiration for exploration cruisers." Crystyl@crystyll: "And my admiration for my personal heroes!" she laughs Keliaya@anncarise laughs, "Well, we'll certainly do our best to live up to your expectations!" Crystyl@crystyll: "Hey, you're galiantly racing across the galaxy to rescue me from this hell. Job done there!" Keliaya@anncarise: "We're the closest ship to you, it's not quite /across/ the galaxy..." Crystyl@crystyll: "Oh shush! Don't ruin the fantasy of it all! Have you never met a Klingon loresinger? Exaggeration is part and parcel!" she laughs, coughing lightly Keliaya@anncarise: "I've never actually met a loresinger personally actually...but that is true!" Keliaya@anncarise: "I am familiar with historical holoprograms though!" Crystyl@crystyll laughs, "I actually dated one once. And yeah 'glorious battles' aren't the only thing they exaggerate. Boy, when he recited a song to me of our first date, he made it sound more epic than Kahless' + Crystyl@crystyll: + fabled last stand! You know, the one they recite for Klingon weddings!" Keliaya@anncarise: "Wow...that's interesting!" Crystyl@crystyll: "Thankfully he never recited it publicly..." Keliaya@anncarise laughs, "Now that would be something to hear!" Crystyl@crystyll: "Yeah... no, I'm not going there. Even if this is a closed channel!" she laughs Keliaya@anncarise chuckles, "Do you actually have it memorized?" Crystyl@crystyll ahems, "Maybe..." Keliaya@anncarise: "Wow, good memory! No need to recite it now though!" Keliaya@anncarise: "Though I may be hoping to get to hear it when I get to know you better..." Crystyl@crystyll: "You can hope. But generally by the time I'm drunk enough to be willing I am also rather fuzzy on memory" she chuckles Keliaya@anncarise: "Sounds like a challenge to find a way to get you to tell it!" Crystyl@crystyll: "And sounds like you're one to relish in a challenge! Though guess I shouldn't be surprised, that's engineers through and through, right!" Keliaya@anncarise: "That we are! And I might have a few strategies in mind already..." Crystyl@crystyll: "Ok, now you're just toying with me!" Keliaya@anncarise: "Maybe..." Crystyl@crystyll laughs, "I like you Kelly, you're mind kind of people!" Keliaya@anncarise: "And you're mine! Well...just about everyone's my kind of people, really...but I like you as well!" Crystyl@crystyll: "Well, I'm glad I measure up to 'everyone'" she chuckles Keliaya@anncarise laughs, "That's not what I meant! You know what I mean!" Crystyl@crystyll keeps chuckling, "Of course. You're not the only one who can tease you know!" Keliaya@anncarise: "Clearly not!" Crystyl@crystyll: "Anyway, I hope all this chatting with me isn't too distracting from your work..." Keliaya@anncarise: "Oh don't worry, I'm not the only person in main engineering!" Crystyl@crystyll: "I bet your team must be giving you some funny looks, talking to a console like this!" Keliaya@anncarise: "We've had stranger things happen...like the whole crew seeing hallucinations and getting knocked out by interphasic parasites, for one..." Crystyl@crystyll: "Oh my... sounds like another juicy tale! Let me grab my popcorn, oh wait... nevermind, another ration pack it is!" Keliaya@anncarise: "Well I was actually unconscious for most of it...apparently it was T'Pia who saved the day!" Crystyl@crystyll: "Oh! That's Keelah's little girl, right?" Keliaya@anncarise: "You've already heard about her! She's a very smart girl, much like her mother." Crystyl@crystyll: "Yeah, the Captain told me about her before. And she saved the ship from these... parasites? No wonder her mother sounds so proud!" Keliaya@anncarise: "Indeed! She's also made some really clever ship designs, she wants to get in the ASDB one day." Crystyl@crystyll: "Oh bless" Keliaya@anncarise: "She hasn't gotten enrolled in the Academy yet, but she already knows how to do a lot of things around the ship, as evident from saving us all from parasites!" Crystyl@crystyll: "Sure sounds like she's set to follow in her mother's footsteps then!" Keliaya@anncarise: "I think she'll make a very good engineer someday!" Crystyl@crystyll: "It sure sounds it! Another name I can't wait to put a face to" Keliaya@anncarise: "I'm sure you'll enjoy meeting her too!" Crystyl@crystyll: "Keelah has invited me to join her and T'Pia for dinner" she sounds happy, "Though I'm sure it's just a tactic to keep me focused on something positive" she chuckles Keliaya@anncarise: "Oh I'm pretty sure she'll follow through on that promise. She often socializes with people around the ship, not just senior officers!" Crystyl@crystyll: "Yeah but... enlisted? At the Captain's table...?" Keliaya@anncarise: "Hey, you're a special guest!" Crystyl@crystyll: "Well I certainly won't decline being considered 'special' just now" she chuckles
View Bonus - Mia's Chat
Mia hums happily to herself, almost skipping around her quarters, idly stopping to tweak the rotation of a plant pot on the table <C - T’Quila> “Mia, I have you down for taking over the channel with Chief Tyr. May I transfer?” Mia: beams happily, “Oh yes, please do Ms. T’Quila!” pausing to brush down her skirt Miadrone: gives a chuckling sound of a beep Mia: “Oh shush, you! We know she can’t see us, but this is an important responsibility for us!” Miadrone: sounds like it blows a beepy raspberry Crystyl: “Umm… if this is a bad time, I can come back later…” Mia: flusters, “Oh! Ms. Crystyl there you are!” Crystyl: “Here I am! So, yeah… hi, um…?!” Mia: “Hello! We are Mia, we hope to keep you company for a time!” Crystyl: “Oh, /you’re/ the famous Mia I’ve heard so much about” Mia: giggles, “Our reputation precedes us now, does it? How flattering!” she continues to almost dance around the room, an outstretched fingertip idly tracing along the leaf of the previously adjusted potted plant Crystyl: “I had a nice long talk with Kelly yesterday, she told me about your… unique history, I must say it sounded quite fascinating” Mia: “Ooh, you have an interest in AI?” Crystyl: “Well, no…” Mia: “Oh! Holo-technology then!” Crystyl: “Not exactly…” Mia: “Aah, a specialist in non-Federation technology then!” Crystyl: laughs after a pause, “I see what Kelly meant now about your disposition. And people call me sunny” Mia: giggles, “Oh, we apologize Ms. Crystyl! We are just very excited to be here with you. We take our duty very seriously after all” Crystyl: “So I gather… and to answer your question, no; I am not a specialist in any kind of technology. I just thought you sounded like a really interesting person and looked forward to getting to know you for myself” Mia: pauses with a moment’s consideration, smiling at what she holds as such a sincere compliment, “You are very kind Ms. Crystyl, we are going to enjoy getting to know you, we are certain already!” Crystyl: “...’we’? Kelly did say something about there being… two of you?” Mia: “Well not two of us exactly, no we are two independent AI’s networked together in a single shell” Miadrone: gives an affirmative beep Crystyl: “I… was that beep the, err… other you?” Mia: giggles, “Yes, that is the little one!” Crystyl: “Oh, well hello to you too then, little one” she chuckles Miadrone: gives another upbeat sounding beep Mia: “We thank you for the acknowledgement! Since most people interact directly with our avatar, the little one is often overlooked, so we appreciate the independent recognition” Crystyl: “I see, well then… I’ll be sure to greet you both properly when I get to meet you face to face!” she chuckles, coughing lightly Mia: looks to the console emitting the audio, her face dropping slightly with concern, “Ms. Crystyl, are you alright?” Crystyl: coughs a little more, “It’s… fine Mia, just that I’m having to ration my Triox injections now so the air here is getting a... little thin” Mia: pouts, “We wish there was something more we could do to help you…” Crystyl: “Please, don’t! I’ll… *cough* be alright. You’re already doing a much more important job anyway” Mia: “We are?” Crystyl: “You are keeping me sane!” she laughs Mia: smiles, “That is our purpose!” Crystyl: “So… are you part of the counselling team on your ship then?” Mia: gives a tilted look to the console, “Non, why do you ask?” Crystyl: “Oh, it’s just the whole ‘that is your purpose’ thing, I thought…” Mia: giggles, “Oh, nonnonnon! We simply meant that is our purpose in being here with you now!” Crystyl: “Aah, my mistake! Though you certainly sound like you have a natural affinity for it. Um… if ‘natural’ is an appropriate term of course, I wouldn't want to offend…” Mia: “Oh contraire Ms. Crystyl! We take it as quite the compliment in fact! We have always felt inclined towards taking care of our friends, and have always considered our shipmates as family, ever since first joining the Derbyshire back in ‘56” Crystyl: “Wow, you’ve had some career if you’ve been in Starfleet that long then. I got the impression yours was a much more recent story. I wasn’t even born back then!” Mia: giggles, “Oh non, Ms. Crystyl we meant 2256! That is when we actively served” Crystyl: falls silent a moment, “...ok, I /definitely/ wasn’t born back then!” she laughs Mia: “But you are right that our existence as it is today is indeed much more recent; just the last couple of years in fact” Crystyl: “So, um… that’s still quite a long service history. How…?” Mia: “Well.” she begins plainly, hopping up to perch on the back of a seat, crossing her legs and resting both hands on her knee, clearly enjoying herself, “/We/ did not technically carry out that service, it is just our programmed memory from our creator who did! You see Ms. Crystyl, she became a professor at Starfleet Academy and developed us first as a teaching aid for her classes - she modelled us after her younger self and gave us her memory and personality profile” Crystyl: “Well that certainly explains how you seem so good with people, you’d have to be to work with all those cadets!” Mia: “Indeed so! But eventually our training program was shelved in favour of a replica vessel of that period. Then a few years ago, dear Ms. Ann and Ms. Lennie found our program again in the archives and brought it back online when they were conducting research!” Crystyl: “Quite fortuitous indeed. But you were still confined to your original holoprogram then, right?” Mia: “Yes, very much so! But Ms. Ann and Ms. Lennie soon recognized that we were more than a simple tour guide program and were in fact a fully self aware holographic lifeform; as Starfleet has come to recognize in more recent years. We became fast friends and told them of our dreams of leaving the holodeck to explore for real again. Then with the help of Ms. Mana - the Arshai programmer who created the little one - and many, many other lovely people; they managed to upload our program into the little one’s shell and we networked together!” Crystyl: “That’s quite the tale Mia! I’m really happy that you things seem to have worked out for you” Mia: “Well it has not been without its problems… nothing is ever that simple after all!” Crystyl: “Very true. So what happened?” Mia: “Well initially, our drone shell was only equipped with a standard holo-emitter. Which meant our avatar was formed through a series of photons and forcefields” Crystyl: “Sure, standard stuff” Mia: “Indeed! Well… we still found this very constricted. We had memories of experiencing life in all it’s wonderment and wanted very much to do so again!” Crystyl: “I’m guessing you found a way…” Mia: beams happily, “That we did! Thanks to an emitter upgrade using Olelian replication technology, our avatar was upgraded to a complete physical rendering with full sensory perception!” Crystyl: “Wow… wait sensory perception? Like… touch, smell…?” Mia: “Ohh yes, everything! It took some intuitive programming assistance from a friend of Ms. Kelly’s in order to establish baselines for sensory input. But once the physical input parameters were established it became a relatively simple matter of comparative sampling to adjust our sensory input to accurately reflect our own recollection of sensations” Crystyl: “I, um… wow that ‘simple’ you say…” she chuckles Mia: giggles, “Apologies Ms. Crystyl, let us provide an example…” she hops off the chair and moves over to her replicator, “Computer: one slice of strawberry cheesecake, please” Crystyl: “Oh this should be good…” Mia: takes the presented food, licking her lips as she walks over to the table, setting it down and carefully slicing the narrow tip with the edge of her fork. Raising it, she pauses to continue, “You see Ms. Crystyl; strawberry cheesecake was our /favourite/ food from our programmers memory, so very vivid taste sensations as you might imagine” Crystyl: “Yes, I’m rather fond of a black forest gateaux myself…” Mia: her eyes widen, “Ooh, we have yet try that within our current existence!” Crystyl: laughs Mia: “But yes, so; we have strong and accurate memory of the tastes, aromas and textures associated with this dish. By taking a sampling like this one before us now, we are able to compare the same sensory inputs to our memory of what they should be. We can then adapt our input parameters so that this cheesecake tastes like that which we remember” Crystyl: “Wow Mia, that’s… pretty impressive, and I think I understand your process. Thank you for explaining!” Mia: chomps on the bite of cheesecake, eyes rolling back as she enjoys it far more than she really should, “Mmm…. mmmm… we are pleased you find the process so interesting!” Crystyl: “It is! But, um… do me a favour and keep the cheesecake to yourself for now. These ration packs don’t exactly meet the same standards…” Mia: “Oh, we apologize Ms. Crystyl!” she quickly shuffles the plate away, steals one more bit, then shuffles it away again, licking her fingers clean Crystyl: chuckles, “Don’t worry about it, Mia! I just… would rather not think on things like that right now is all. So you were saying about your sensory input? How far does that extend exactly?” Mia: “Hm?” Crystyl: “I mean like, just how detailed is your physical rendering now in that sense? Example; if I blow gently across my exposed arm in this cold, it comes out in gooseflesh and the hairs stand on end… /not/ saying I have hairy arms of course…” Mia: giggles, “We understand Ms. Crystyl, don’t you worry! And yes, we can reproduce such sensations too - and actively do so! That is actually one of the greatest pleasures we have found in this new existence!” Crystyl: “It is?” Mia: “It is! You see, when we first networked with the little one and left the holodeck, our avatar was a fixed image as it was in the holodeck. But since the upgrade, we were able to reprogram it as a full physical body” Crystyl: “I should really stop stating how impressive you sound Mia, but… wow” Mia: smiles happily, “Thank you Ms. Crystyl! So yes, sensations that you may even take for granted now are heightened for us, quite literally so if we so choose to tweak the sensory input associated with them! But simple things like the feeling of stockings against the flesh of our legs, or a cool breeze across our exposed arm. These are things we thought for centuries to have lost forever, and now are back so very much enjoyed!” Crystyl: “Wait, so… you can freely adjust your, um… ‘sensitivity’?” Mia: “We can! Though we tend not to, favouring an accurate reproduction of true sensation as we remember it of course” Crystyl: “Yeah, still… sounds pretty useful. I can think of an ex boyfriend or two where such a skill may have come in handy…” Mia: giggles, “Oh, Ms. Crystyl you are priceless!” Crystyl: “Sorry Mia, I didn’t mean to lower the tone. It’s just… well, yeah. I hope that’s not a, errm… ‘sensitive’ subject” she chuckles Mia: laughs with her, “Not at all! As we said, we possess a full physical form with complete sensory input. That includes the capacity for more... intimate sensory input…” Crystyl: “Seriously…?” Mia: “Oh yes! Though a particular advantage of our full control now exercised over our form is that we are able to isolate regions of sensory input. This is required for power conservation within the drone shell, so we normally only run with surface level sensory awareness. Though we are still able to activate and regulate deeper input” Crystyl: “Very choice wording there Mia…” Mia: giggles, flushing slightly, “We… apologize, this is… not a topic which has been openly discussed…” Crystyl: “Wait so, you programmed yourself with this capacity but… haven’t explored it yet?” Mia: “Well we performed testing and configuration of course. Early sensory input was…” she giggles, “...overly heightened…” Crystyl: sounds like she’s smirking, “Sounds intriguing. But really Mia you kind of surprise me. I mean, you went to all this effort to reproduce the existence you remember as a biological lifeform yet… refrain from indulging in your self confessed desire to relive past sensations?” Mia: “We do plan to! But since our present existence has no foreseeable expiry, our outlook on life has adjusted to compensate. In short Ms. Crystyl; we are in no rush” she smiles Crystyl: “Aah I see, waiting for ‘Mr. Right’ to come along still then, are we?” Mia: giggles, flushing again, “Maybe…” Crystyl: “Well honestly Mia, it sounds fantastic. And good for you, you shouldn’t rush these things - especially with such a capacity as yours for regulating your own sensitivity. Have to admit… I’m a little jealous of you for that!” she chuckles Mia: “You are too kind, Ms. Crystyl” Crystyl: “So, um… tell me if I’m overstepping the mark here, but… with all this accurate reproduction of the physical form you possess. Does that mean in theory you could actually, you know, ‘accurately reproduce’...?” Mia: sighs softly, “No Ms. Crystyl, we are still not a biological lifeform and ultimately can not procreate in such a manner. But… when Ms. Mana left recently, she gifted us her programming knowledge so that one day - should we so desire it - we have the capacity to create offspring in the form of an AI/avatar hybrid like ourself!” Crystyl: “That’s great to hear Mia, it sure sounds like you’ve come a long way. I-” more coughing, “- I look forward to shaking your hand one day soon and will try to remember what an important sensory input it is” Mia: “Nevermind that Ms. Crystyl, we will welcome you on board with a nice big hug!” Crystyl: laughs, “Why am I not surprised…”
View Bonus - Katie's Chat
NPC@annpc#5570 | Crystyl's signal is patched through to the transporter room this time. Crystyl@crystyll: "Ooh, that blip sounded like another transfer. Um... Hiii!" NPC@annpc#5570 | A voice responds in a discernable Australian-style accent, "Hello! Crystyl, right?" Crystyl@crystyll: "Yeah, that's me! Hello! Damn, I'm getting good at picking up on these transfer blips" NPC@annpc#5570 chuckles, "Yes you are! I'm Chief Katie Oliver, by the way. Kelly told me you're NCO as well?" Crystyl@crystyll: "Ooh a fellow lister! Great to meat you Katie!" NPC@annpc#5570: "Good to meet you too, Crystyl! Us listers got to stick together, right?" Crystyl@crystyll: "Damned straight!" she chuckles, "So where are we now, Chief?" NPC@annpc#5570: "We're in Transporter Room Two. I'm the transporter chief on the Valley Forge." Crystyl@crystyll: "Aah yes, a proud benchmark for every Chief indeed, I-" cough cough, "-I always rather enjoyed it at times myself" NPC@annpc#5570: "You've done transporter work too?" Crystyl@crystyll: "Of course! Been all around Ops. over the years" NPC@annpc#5570: "Sounds like you've got a lot of experience! What was your latest role?" Crystyl@crystyll: "Oh I was Officer of the Watch" NPC@annpc#5570: "Impressive! You definitely must have quite the set of skills and experience. How long have you been in service?" Crystyl@crystyll chuckles, "Ohh... more years than seems possible for one so young and ageless you know..." Crystyl@crystyll: "But really... not quite 20 years" NPC@annpc#5570: "That's already longer than me! Maybe even longer than Kelly..." NPC@annpc#5570: "Not quite as long as Chief Sullivan, though." Crystyl@crystyll: "Sullivan?" NPC@annpc#5570: "Senior Chief Felix Sullivan, he's the deck chief here. One of the highest ranking listers we got, and very experienced fella." Crystyl@crystyll: "Impressive! Seems your Captain really does value the experience brought from years outside the Academy!" NPC@annpc#5570: "Especially when it comes to ops and engineering, these kinds of skills you learn from lots of practice and work, not so much from reading." NPC@annpc#5570: "Captain Keelah has an engineering background, and Commander Kelly's not much younger than her, actually. They both know what it takes to keep a starship running in the middle of space." Crystyl@crystyll: "I sure am starting to see a distinct picture of this ship of yours! So what's your story Katie, you been with them long? Kelly mentioned a lot of the crew joined with her from another ship" NPC@annpc#5570: "Oh yes, a couple of the other transporter specialists are from the Gainsborough, but I was around since the refits, during the time of Commander Rexxe." Crystyl@crystyll: "Aah, that's when the Captain first took command right?" NPC@annpc#5570: "It was! Rexxe was Chief Engineer throughout the refits up until they finished the Lexington. Rexxe was a great engineer as well, but she had everyone wound up tight." NPC@annpc#5570: "She seemed to know a bit of everything, and would get involved in just about every branch of engineering and ops. I've seen mine chiefs who are less tense than her...but she knew what she was doing." Crystyl@crystyll chuckles, "Sounds about right! Can't imagine she appreciated a Captain taking her prideful new refit and tearing it apart with her own engineering ideas!" NPC@annpc#5570 chuckles, "It was a busy time for us all! But all the work paid off, and the Captain's ideas helped with a lot of the issues with the new refit." NPC@annpc#5570: "Rexxe went on to help implement these ideas in the Lexington, and I think she's still Chief Engineer there." Crystyl@crystyll: "The Lexington is... another refit Sentinel?" NPC@annpc#5570: "She's the Valley Forge's sister ship, and the only other refit like us in existance right now!" Crystyl@crystyll: "Aah, so... not the holonovel then! Becoming a Chief there would have been... interesting!" she laughs NPC@annpc#5570: "Oh, you thought I was talking about /that/ Lexington!" she laughs, "No, I think that one's been decomissioned for a while." NPC@annpc#5570: "The modern Lexington is a Sentinel, and almost exactly like the Valley Forge now after the refits." Crystyl@crystyll chuckles, "The actual ship, no doubt! But it's quite fun holo. I strongly-" more coughing, "-...recommend it" NPC@annpc#5570: "I'll check it out! Are you alright?" Crystyl@crystyll groans, "Top tip: Class L worlds do /not/ make good-" cough "-holiday spots. Stick to Risa" NPC@annpc#5570: "Oh I know...I was fortunate enough to grow up on one of the nicer mining colonies but I've heard all about the difficulties of Class L settlements..." NPC@annpc#5570: "You have some breathing aids with you, I hope?" Crystyl@crystyll: "An increasingly light hypo of Triox..." NPC@annpc#5570: "Oh...Kelly and the warp core specialists are doing everything they can to boost the amount of time we can travel at maximum warp. We'll get to you soon." Crystyl@crystyll: "I know..." she sounds to be clinging to her optimism, "... but I'm not naive, I know it will be tight still" NPC@annpc#5570: "Well...I'm no navigator or warp specialist so I don't know the projections, but I'm sure our crew is giving the Valley Forge all she's got to make it to you quicker." Crystyl@crystyll: "I know they are. Everyone has been so great, truly. Your all my personal heroes!" there's that misleading sound that can't really be a lump in her throat again NPC@annpc#5570: "I wish I could do more to help personally, but...apart from transporters all I know is a little bit of mining. You're not trapped anywhere, right? Nothing that needs digging out?" Crystyl@crystyll: "Nono, but honestly Katie just keeping me company like this... it means more than anything" NPC@annpc#5570: "Well I'm glad to help then! So what brought you into Starfleet, if I can ask?" Crystyl@crystyll: "Oh well, it's kind of in the family you know. My old dad was an engineer and mum served as a crewman" NPC@annpc#5570: "A Starfleet engineer, or a civilian one?" Crystyl@crystyll: "Starfleet! They both served on the... oh what was it now the... thethethe... Rhea, that's it!" NPC@annpc#5570: "Oh, they served on the same ship! Was that where they first met, or?" Crystyl@crystyll: "It was indeed. Real classic service romance if you ask me" she chuckles NPC@annpc#5570: "Wow, sounds like something from the stories indeed!" Crystyl@crystyll chuckles, "I know right!" NPC@annpc#5570 chuckles, "I'm afraid I don't have anything half as romantic." Crystyl@crystyll: "So... no Mr. Oliver then...?" NPC@annpc#5570: "Oh no, not yet at least!" Crystyl@crystyll: "Sounds like a voice of optimism though, you remind me of Mia!" NPC@annpc#5570: "She is quite the beacon of morale for this crew!" NPC@annpc#5570: "You've spoken with her already?" Crystyl@crystyll: "Yeah, she even gives me sunny outlook a run for it's money!" NPC@annpc#5570 chuckles, "I know right!" NPC@annpc#5570: "I look forward to meeting you in person though! You seem like a very optimistic and likable person!" Crystyl@crystyll: "Aw, I look forward to it too Katie. I want to come and meet all of you; to thank you for coming to my aid, for keeping me company like this along the way. All of it!" NPC@annpc#5570: "I'm glad to have your company too! And to be able to help out this way. Not much a transporter specialist can do in the middle of warp travel, unfortunately..." Crystyl@crystyll: "Aah but you have a finely tuned system to maintain still. And that anticipation of knowing that everything might hinge on your skill when you reach your goal... ooh it used to make me giddy!" NPC@annpc#5570: "That is true! We transporter officers hold an important job!" NPC@annpc#5570: "Without us everyone would have to use shuttles every time they want to leave the ship. I think there was actually a time when that was the norm...can you imagine that?" Crystyl@crystyll: "I know, right! Crazy... and that can be a real time saver on some missions" Crystyl@crystyll: "So even when you" coughcough, "are travelling along at warp now, there's always important work to be done!" NPC@annpc#5570: "We can transport you off the planet you're on right? No sign of anything that could make interference?" Crystyl@crystyll: "I wish I could tell you, believe me! But we weren't exactly in a position to get comprehensive scans on approach here" NPC@annpc#5570: "How did you make it, by escape pod?" Crystyl@crystyll seems silent for a minute, "I... got sort of lucky, I guess" NPC@annpc#5570: "Well, I'll make sure all our systems are properly calibrated and ready to beam you up. Most planets don't tend to have interferences, so chances are we'll be able to get you out easily!" Crystyl@crystyll: "Here's hoping!" NPC@annpc#5570: "If we do have to resort to shuttles, you're in good hands too. Chief Sullivan always keeps our shuttles in the best shape, and we've got some great pilots on board as well." Crystyl@crystyll: "Oh yeah? Well I'll take every advantage at this point" NPC@annpc#5570: "And we'll do everything we can to get you off that planet." Crystyl@crystyll: "hmm... so many things to look forward to on that day and beyond!" NPC@annpc#5570: "Indeed! We'll make sure you're back on board in no time!"
View Bonus - Kiera's Chat
Crystyl@crystyll <C-T'Quila> Commander Laski, I have Chief Tyr's comm channel ready to patch through for you Kiera@falconecoose <C> "Acknowledged, I'm ready to receive it, patch it through." Crystyl@crystyll 's voice comes from the console a moment later, "Oh, that sounds promising. Um, hello?" Kiera@falconecoose: "Hello, Commander Laski here. I have you loud and clear." Crystyl@crystyll: "Ooh another new person, hi!" she chirps, then coughing some, "I'm Crystyl, though... you probably knew that didn't you..." Kiera@falconecoose laughs softly "Aye I did but it's fine. You can call me Kiera, for now, if we are going by first names. It's nice to hear your voice, though I can guess that that goes double for you still." Crystyl@crystyll: "Yeah, you can say that again! And apologies if dropping rank seems too informal. Just... kind of hard to feel formal after days of sitting in this cave, you know!" Kiera@falconecoose: "Yeah I do in a way, kind off done my fair share of being stranded...but that is story for another time. You just wanting to talk then?" Crystyl@crystyll: "Yeah, it's just nice talking to you all, getting to you know helping to-" more coughing, "- take my mind of things down here" Crystyl@crystyll: "So feel free to indulge with a story!" she chuckles Kiera@falconecoose: "You okay? And it's not really my story to tell fully." Crystyl@crystyll: "Just the air here's getting a little..." cough, "... harsh on the lungs" she is sounding a little hoarse Crystyl@crystyll: "You say it's not your story? But... wasn't it about you being stranded...?" Kiera@falconecoose: "We should be not that much further away now, and it's complicated to say the least..." Crystyl@crystyll: "Oh well in that case let me just clear my schedule..." sound of grinding stones together, "... there! What do you know, I'm all free until you guys get here now!" she chuckles Kiera@falconecoose laughs slightly "Don't say I didn't warn you then...on the last ship I was on, the USS Caledonian, got ambushed during the Klingon war and we took heavy damage, so we tried to jump away > Kiera@falconecoose: > when we got pulled into an anomaly where we got trapped while an unknown alien species observed me, and I was trapped there until the ship got thrown out of the anomaly and reentered real space > Kiera@falconecoose: > for me to be rescued as the only survivor, kinda." Crystyl@crystyll: "Damn, Kiera I'm really sorry to hear that. But, wait... the Klingon war? Don't tell me I've been here long enough for the Alliance to break down and them become enemies again already?" Kiera@falconecoose laughs softly "Nah, I'm talking about the first Klingon war..." Crystyl@crystyll falls silent a few moments, "The /first/... as in...?" Kiera@falconecoose: "Yep, the first as in 2256 indeed." Crystyl@crystyll: "Wow, so you're from Mia's time then!" Kiera@falconecoose: "Well that is where it gets complicated...I'm not but I am." Crystyl@crystyll pauses again and chuckles, "That... does sound complicated!" Kiera@falconecoose: "Yeah it is, Kiera is not from Mia's time but Kassandra is. And Kassandra is the one of us that was trapped on the Caledonian." Crystyl@crystyll: "Oh so, wait... Kassandra... 'us'... there's two of you there?" Kiera@falconecoose: "Yes but no...there is only one of us here but technically two of us as Kassandra was, for lack of a better word, uploaded into my brain." Crystyl@crystyll: "Oh... damn sounds like you two have been through quite the ordeal, I'm sorry. And sounds like it's all still pretty recent too, how are you both managing with all this?" Kiera@falconecoose: "We make do, Kassandra is what is basically sleeping for us basically. The worst part is when we are both fighting for control over our body." Crystyl@crystyll: "Oh dear, that happens? That can't be easy on either of you" Kiera@falconecoose: "It's not. Imagine the worst migraine you have ever had turned up to 11 that is probably close to how we feel when it happens. And I did warn you that it was a complicated story." Crystyl@crystyll: "You did, and don't worry! Gosh I wish there was something I could do to help you guys though!" Kiera@falconecoose: "It's fine, some of the best doctors and scientists have looked at my case and don't believe there is any way to seperate us properly now." Crystyl@crystyll: "Not surprising I guess, but that doesn't mean you have to face it all alone now. By alone I mean, just between yourselves. You know the old adage; a problem shared is-" cough, "-a problem halved" Kiera@falconecoose laughs softly "Aye that is true I guess, we can only see what the road has for us. Again, just a little bit longer till we arrive." Crystyl@crystyll: "Well I know I'm just a random stranger to you both at present, but sometimes a disembodied voice over a console can be easier to talk to than a familiar face. Look, I can even make it convincing;" Crystyl@crystyll does mediocre impression of computer voice, "Input. Need input... computing... analysis confirmed; Kiera and Kassandra require good humored distraction..." Crystyl@crystyll probably sounds more like a ToS Nomad probe, but to her it's a good impression Kiera@falconecoose laughs slightly "Oh yeah, is that a proper analysis now?" Crystyl@crystyll snickers, "Damned straight! Got my whole oxygen-starved brain on it and everything!" Kiera@falconecoose: "I think that might be doubtful how sound that analysis might be then." Crystyl@crystyll gasps, "You wound me!" and chuckles, "But you might be right, best save that analysis for when you've got me rescued, yeah?" Crystyl@crystyll: "Um, Kiera?" Crystyl@crystyll: "...Kassandra...?" Crystyl@crystyll: "..." Crystyl@crystyll suddenly speaks in hushed tone, "Oh my God, what was that..." Crystyl@crystyll whimpers quietly, muffled like holding a hand over her mouth Crystyl@crystyll FX | sound of clattering like something knocked her transponder over and she yelps Crystyl@crystyll FX | a lot of scrambling sounds, "No, get away from me-aaaaaah!" Crystyl@crystyll FX | the sound of a strange gurgling/roaring noise comes from hear her transmitter Kiera@falconecoose: "Crystal? You still there, that did not sound good..." Crystyl@crystyll FX | silence at first, following by more of the roary/gurgly voice, "What do you care, you did not care to answer her before..." Kiera@falconecoose: "Who is this? And where is Crystyl?" Crystyl@crystyll | roary/gurgly voice, "I am loneliness. I have devoured her..." Crystyl@crystyll snickers Crystyl@crystyll: "Aah, I'm sorry I-" cough, "-couldn't keep a straight face any longer!" Kiera@falconecoose laughs softly "Ahh, that good old trick...let me tell you though Kassandra really is not impressed by that one." Crystyl@crystyll: "Aww, I'm sorry Kassandra! Just had to have a little fun with you guys when you went all quiet on me there!" Kiera@falconecoose: "She is still not impressed, but yeah sorry about that. We were just thinking for a moment and got lost in thought." Crystyl@crystyll: "Understandable, you must be very busy with your work while we're chatting away. What is it you do on board anyway?" Kiera@falconecoose: "I'm a tactical officer, so a bit of this and that most of the time." Crystyl@crystyll: "Ooh like my brother! Well, half-brother technically but who's splitting hairs down here" Crystyl@crystyll: "Oh God, the split ends..." she whimpers, "...eugh, this is going to take some serious fixing..." Kiera@falconecoose: "You have a half brother? I'm sure we can fix something up to help with split ends once we have picked you up." Crystyl@crystyll chuckles, "No doubt! And yes, he's a tactical officer like you!" Kiera@falconecoose: "Nice, tell me a bit about him. What ship does he serve on?" Crystyl@crystyll: "Oh he's on the, um... oh, the Redoubt! That's it" she coughs a little hoarse than before, feeling the poetic punishment for her monster-voiced prank most likely Kiera@falconecoose: "Oh nice, you manage to speak to him often?" Crystyl@crystyll: "ehh... not so much. We normally get together once or twice a year with our folks, not much more" Kiera@falconecoose: "Ahh, I would recommend spending more time with your family if you can." Crystyl@crystyll: "After this little outing I'm inclined to agree.." Crystyl@crystyll: "What about you; any family out there?" Kiera@falconecoose: "Well got Kassandra...but yeah got a few siblings out there." Crystyl@crystyll: "I hope you get to see them more than I've seen my brother historically" Kiera@falconecoose: "Don't see them a lot in person, but I speak to them a lot." Crystyl@crystyll sounds upbeat, "That's nice. I imagine they've been an important factor in grounding yourself since you and Kassandra..." Kiera@falconecoose: "Yeah it has helped keeping us grounded, sometimes gets hard to keep our thoughts and memories apart." Crystyl@crystyll: "Yeah, I'd imagine so. It's good that you've got family to lean on though" Kiera@falconecoose: "Aye it is has helped...took them a while to understand had happened though." Crystyl@crystyll: "Can't really blame them there, would be a lot to swallow for any family. Hell, will be hard enough just explaining-" coughcough, "-my current adventure to mine!" Kiera@falconecoose: "Aye, I that is true...but they will be more than happy to just have you back I'm sure." Crystyl@crystyll: "Oh sure! The fun part will be convincing them to let me back out again..." she chuckles Kiera@falconecoose laughs softly "That is fair, though you should be fine as long as you don't make it into a habit." Crystyl@crystyll: "Well shucks, there goes my next vacation plan..." Kiera@falconecoose: "Or at least do it on a beach world so you can get a nice tan."
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SUBMITTED:
Stardate 95148
FILED BY:
CAPT K Se'Lai
SECURITY:
Level 1 - Open
LOCATION: Uncharted System
MISSION:Response to intercepted distress signal
OUTCOME:Stranded officer recovered
KEY PERSONNEL:
CAPT Keelah
CMDR Rinrana
CMDR Zh’Zhavis
CMDR Meel (NPC)
LCDR Jung Eunbi
LCDR Keliaya
LCDR Laski
FLT Baelai
LT Im Yoona (NPC)
LT McLean
LT Silvestrie (NPC)
LT Thorkildsen (NPC)
LTJG Finney
LTJG Minatozaki
ENS Rivett
ENS Ruby (NPC)
MCPO Tyr
CPO Oliver (NPC)
CPO T'Quila (NPC)
Miyata LaRouche
NARRATIVE:Whilst making a return trip to DS13 from extended patrol, an errant distress signal was picked up. This was verified on a standard Starfleet frequency and identified as originating from a distant star system. Adjusting our heading to respond, we were eventually able to establish two way communication with the source and confirmed the identity of a single stranded officer; MCPO Tyr.
With the crew taking volunteer shifts to maintain an open communication channel with the officer, Chief Tyr provided what limited information she was able to help discern her specific location, identifying a class-L environment for which she had a limited supply of Triox injections remaining in among the salvaged emergency supplies from her escape pod. Upon arrival at the target system, the planet was promptly identified and we assumed a standard orbit. Trace readings from a core breach were detected, and debris found within range of the planet to be consistent with the hull configuration for Chief Tyr's assigned posting of the USS Jasmine, this debris was also heavily scorch marked from disruptor fire.
Having identified strong ion storms in the upper atmosphere of the planet making direct transport overly risky, a shuttle SAR team was dispatched with the Eon scouting ahead to search the approximate region in which the signal was emanating. Eon made visual contact with the escape pod's crash site and the SAR team touched down nearby to investigate. Having found crude visual aids to indicate the direction which Chief Tyr had taken shelter from the elements (and having to rely on external input to locate the Chief as she lost consciousness during the open comms shortly before we arrived in the system), the SAR team crossed the hazardous terrain to try and locate the cave structure previously described by the Chief. During this trip, Ensign Rivett received serious injury after a terrain collapse caused him to slip over the edge of a steep ravine. Eon was called in to retrieve him as the team were unable to reach the depth the Ensign had fallen to. Using the Eon's slender fuselage to carry the injured Ensign, he was promptly returned to the team who triaged his injuries before returning him to the ship. The SAR team continued to locate Chief Tyr and all returned safely to the Valley Forge.
RECOMMENDATION:Ensign Rivett's injuries are being treated and he is expected to return to duty within 48 hours. Chief Tyr was found to be suffering mild dehydration & undernourishment, with moderate chemical burning on her lungs from the toxicity in the atmosphere. Though her Triox supply sustained the Chief's life, damage was still severe and her treatment will take longer, however CMO advises that she will mobile within a matter of days and fit for duty with ongoing scheduled treatment within a week.
Though evidence is scarce, a combination of Chief Tyr's testimony and the limited data available from the scene confirms the destruction of USS Jasmine at this location to an as yet unidentified enemy. According to testimony; the Jasmine moved to respond to a request for aid from a civilian convoy (not known if Federation, allied or other), and was destroyed by the unknown forces laying siege to said convoy. Further investigation is desirable, but with warp trails already degraded and only records of disruptor weapony against the debris there is little to progress unless more comes to light.
With regard to Chief Tyr personally; I have received a formal request from the Chief that she remain on board the Valley Forge as her new posting. Upon review of her service record, and with cross-examination against recommendations from my own staff I have agreed to this request, pending Command approval to formalize her reassignment.
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